fastandsneaky Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 black goes into L white goes into N Green (grounding wire) goes into the green Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 thank ya gents. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 well damn, i hooke dup my PSU to my led array today, the whites started working and the blues did not, i think heard a pop and the PSU started buzzing. i did everything the right way. the only question i have. do you have to start each series from negative or positive? or does it matter? cuz 1 started negative and the other started positive. Link to comment
cptbjorn Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 You mean each series of LEDs? Direction very definitely does matter and they can only be wired to the buckpucks one way. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 that explains it. gotta get a new PSU now. do you think my buckpucks are effed? Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 well i got it all figured out but a buckpuck lit up like a firework. gotta order a new one Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 check out that burn hole! Link to comment
travisurfer Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Dang, so close. Good luck finishing it. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 ya of course the last thing i plug in and test burns out, another week or so i hope. Link to comment
badfish816 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 sweet build man. sux bout the burn hole. it can never be that easy! lol Link to comment
southerncowboy316 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 so had you planned on using a fan to keep it cool, or will the heatsink by itself be enough? how about the splash guard? will the stock current still work or will the leds heat it up tom much, i think its only 1/8 acrylic... looks great man, cant wait to see the finished product!!! Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 im gonna use the stock plastic piece, if it does get too warm, ill build a glass piece. but according to evils builds it should be fine. im debating if i wanna run 2 fans, or 0 fans. I would need 2 12v fans to regulate the 24v PS and could use the stock switch to turn em on and off. i may test temp with no fans just to see. i will let you know the results. Link to comment
southerncowboy316 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 thats sounds great im planning a similar build with a 24inch 130 watt current fixture, it already has a fan in place so it should be good, i was just worried about the heat exchange between the leds, and the splash guard... Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 i ran them for 2 hours the other night, and put my hand on top of it. nothing. i dont know if thatll change inside a fixture....but it was barely warm to the touch. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 It's the LED temperature you need to check, not the case temperature. Investing in a cheap IR temp gun isn't a bad idea for these projects. southerncowboy316, LEDs don't radiate heat in the same way as PCs, T5s, and MH. All the heat is radiated off the back of the LED to the heatsink. The heat levels are also considerably lower, so there is no need to worry about the plastic splash guard. If it can stand up to PCs, it will have no trouble with LEDs. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 ah so the actual emitter? ill see whats up Link to comment
southerncowboy316 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 sweet cause i think ill be able to leave everything else stock then... Evil any suggestions on a led set up for a 10 gallon? leds? buck pucks to run it all, i have a few good ideas but its nice to get a pros point of view haha thanks Link to comment
evilc66 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 If it's a standard 10g AGA, then 12 LEDs (6x2), with two Buckpucks, no optics. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 the unit Blues Whites Mix Link to comment
googoomas Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Looks awesome! Considering putting my BC29 hood under the knife.... Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 it IS hard to take pics of an LED setup tho jeez. lemme keep trying lol Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 i got some free radioshack fans, and theyre HORRIBLE 30dB?! i feel like im in an airport. what kind of 2" fans should i get? Link to comment
plantarms Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 nice setup man! looks awesome! i am going to be trying to finish mine up in the next week or so. I ordered my fans from newegg.com, they have several choices for 40mm computer fans and they contain the specs on all of them. i got 4 fans just to have some options, i have not tested them for noise levels yet but they are both rated around 20db i got 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...5-055-_-Product and 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...9-049-_-Product Link to comment
cptbjorn Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 If you search ebay for "hard drive cooler" and sort by low price you'll see a ton of dual fan things on a cheap aluminum bracket. All of those are decently quiet 50mm fans and you get two of them shipped for two bucks if you order from Hong Kong or like 4-5 shipped from the US. I'm running one at 9v or so and it is keeping my 12" LED satellite cool and I have two over my pico running at around 6v and I can't even hear them. I would have ordered from newegg but I can't stand Egg Saver shipping, I usually get Hong Kong packages faster than DHL can zigzag it here on horseback or however they do it. Link to comment
HeyLookItsCaps Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 ya i know the control on the left side is ghetto but it regulates my fans speed lol Link to comment
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