DaveFason Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hey guys, Here is an easy picture guide to hooking up your Mini/Duo/QUAD. I will be adding this to every email and hope this will help everyone out. What is in the box? Mini Series : 24v Power Supply 5v USB Power Supply Nano Box Mini Tide/Flare Bluefish Mini Controller DUO Series : 48v Power Supply 9v Power Supply 5v USB Power Supply Nano Box DUO Bluefish Mini Controller QUAD Series: 48v Power Supply 9v Power Supply 5v USB Power Supply Nano Box QUAD Bluefish Mini Controller Overview : The Nano Box Mini/DUO/QUAD will all have the same driver housing front. The is the power side. This will have the cord to LED unit, controller cable and POWER plug. You will simply plug the 24/48v power supply into this hole. Manualpower48 by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr The Nano Box DUO/QUAD will have a different BACK cap from the Mini series. This is the plug for the FAN. ONLY use the 9v power supply for this. I am now stamping an F by this plug. Manualpowerfan by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr Bluefish Mini Version STEP 1 : Plug 5v USB power supply into Bluefish controller. bluefishhookup by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr STORM Version STEP 1 : Plug 9v power supply into Storm controller. ManualStormplug9v by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr Step 1.5 : If using DUO/QUAD plug second 9v power supply into FAN plug. Manualpower9vfan by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr STEP 2 : Plug controller cable into Bluefish/Storm controller. You will see an arrow on the top of the plug. This will plug into the TOP set of pins. Starting from left to right, use pins 2-7 for Bluefish Mini and 1-6 on Storm. This will controller channels 1 and 2. If you upgraded to the moonlight/multi channel you will have control of channel 3/4/5/6. ManualStormplugtip by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr bluefishhookup1 by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr ManualStormplugin by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr STEP 3 : Plug the 24v or 48v power supply into power side of driver housing ( 24v for Mini, 48v for DUO/QUAD ). Manualpower48v by NanoBoxReef, on Flickr Simple as that! Remember if using the DUO/QUAD to have the fan ON when the lights are on. This is not needed in NIGHT mode. Thanks guys! -Dave Link to comment
hwk7072 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hey, even I can do that. Looking forward to my Duo! (Hugh) Link to comment
basser1 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hey, even I can do that. Looking forward to my Duo! (Hugh) I thought I could but, guess who screwed up??? Link to comment
caietaro Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 This is great, thanks for putting this up Dave! I also made the mistake of plugging the power supply for the light into the fan side and burnt out my fans in my Quad a few weeks ago . Dave sent out some replacement fans and it was a pretty simple fix. I have absolutely zero wiring/electrical experience aside from swapping out some outlets/light switches in my house here and there. Link to comment
flobees Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thats great that you have done this. I think Spencer from Bluefish should do one of this too cos it's confusing using the bluefish. Thanks Link to comment
DaveFason Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Thats great that you have done this. I think Spencer from Bluefish should do one of this too cos it's confusing using the bluefish. Thanks Snapping photos for this -Dave Link to comment
DaveFason Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 BLUEFISH MINI UPDATED! Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hey Dave, quick question. I have an older duo w/ storm controller and I am plugging it all back in. Besides the main power cord, I have 2 seperate power supply cords. 1× 9v cord and 1× 12v power cord. I'm assuming the fan gets the 9v power cord and the storm gets the 12v. Is this correct? In the above instructions, it states both the storm controller and fan use a 9v supply. I recently sent my unit in for the upgraded v3 arrays and new fan and sent all the cords with it to you, I recieved all the same cords back. Just curious if it is okay to use the 12v power cord or if I need to find a 9v power cord. Edit: Figured it out, 12v power supply will only plug into fan location. 9v doesn't fit. Is this going to affect anything with the new fan? Link to comment
DaveFason Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hey Dave, quick question. I have an older duo w/ storm controller and I am plugging it all back in. Besides the main power cord, I have 2 seperate power supply cords. 1× 9v cord and 1× 12v power cord. I'm assuming the fan gets the 9v power cord and the storm gets the 12v. Is this correct? In the above instructions, it states both the storm controller and fan use a 9v supply. I recently sent my unit in for the upgraded v3 arrays and new fan and sent all the cords with it to you, I recieved all the same cords back. Just curious if it is okay to use the 12v power cord or if I need to find a 9v power cord. Edit: Figured it out, 12v power supply will only plug into fan location. 9v doesn't fit. Is this going to affect anything with the new fan? Nope you will be good to go! -Dave Link to comment
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