bdevillier19 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Not that I don't appreciate everything all of our service men and woman past and present have done for us, I really wish the mail was running tomorrow, I really want my LED stuff lol. i know the feeling. it never seems to fail that every time i order something its a holiday weekend which means my stuff takes longer to arrive. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Well, no work on this at all today, though I did grind the burs off of the M. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/327229-beware-the-shallows-is-reborn/?p=4741520 Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 All glued! Though I managed to forget the violet LEDs for the little one. Also realized I can't draw straight lines worth shit lol Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 So, I sat down to get all of the LEDs tinned, get the LDD boards swapped over to 24-pin IC sockets so I quit destroying LDD, and start wiring them up... and after finishing the LDD board stuff (well, three out of four boards since the other is in use right now), I tinned the LED pads, and had less than half an inch left of solder. I ordered 100g of 63/37 rosin core on the 21st, and was shipped from Miami on the 22nd, and it isn't going to arrive until tomorrow. FML My grandpa came back from his shop and had a massive 5lb spool of solder and asked 'will this work?' It was 35/65 acid core solder that was 1/4" thick. I was like uh, not really lol Link to comment
Psychosis Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 So, I sat down to get all of the LEDs tinned, get the LDD boards swapped over to 24-pin IC sockets so I quit destroying LDD, and start wiring them up... and after finishing the LDD board stuff (well, three out of four boards since the other is in use right now), I tinned the LED pads, and had less than half an inch left of solder. I ordered 100g of 63/37 rosin core on the 21st, and was shipped from Miami on the 22nd, and it isn't going to arrive until tomorrow. FML My grandpa came back from his shop and had a massive 5lb spool of solder and asked 'will this work?' It was 35/65 acid core solder that was 1/4" thick. I was like uh, not really lol Wuss. Acid core ftw. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Wuss. Acid core ftw. That shit would make such a mess, definitely not worth it, especially needing to put it so close to the LEDs. Much better to wait the day for the proper solder lol Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Found some more solder. So. Many. Friggin. Wires. At least all the LEDs strike. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I'm surprised you ran out. I always assumed you just bought it weekly for nourishment needs like food. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Somebody was busy. How much longer til we see some pics of this beast fired up? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I'm surprised you ran out. I always assumed you just bought it weekly for nourishment needs like food. F U Somebody was busy. How much longer til we see some pics of this beast fired up? Pushy pushy! A lot of wires. Test number one, L/C, V1, NW1, B/R. Test two, V2, NW2, RB1, RB2 (RB2 didn't light up, I must have had a bad connection somewhere, took some fiddling to get it going). Most useful $5 thing ever. Envy me. What I am having to do since there are 16 wires is use one 8-conductor cable as all positive and the other as all negative, and keep the colors the same. I have a Google doc with them all labelled so I wouldn't lose it lol. Gonna cover all of the soldered connections with electrical tape (wish I could find my liquid tape), hot glue the fans on (so that there is no vibration) and run the wires for them, and that should be it for the main unit. Put the endcaps on and figure out a way to hold the heatsink in place and is all I've gotta do. Then it's on to the T5, which is gonna be super fun since all of those wires will need to be sleeved, and then I've gotta figure out some way to make them not look like total crap connecting to the 7-conductor cable that will attach to the ballast. Probably got another 4-8 hours of work to put into it. Joy! Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Wow that is bright! But looks awesome. I do not envy you with that wiring. I haven't even started to tackle mine yet but dang, good idea on the Google doc to keep track. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I'll do my wire tests today to make sure that I got them connected properly, and once I do, I'll be able to get some quick n dirty PAR readings with everything at 100% Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Updated the OP with the latest info on the build. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/323517-ct-7567-the-ledt5-nanobox-hybrid-evil-cluster/?p=4254405 Link to comment
farkwar Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 If I did something like that I would try multicon ribbon cable, instead if the blown up Zebco route. CA glue it to the heatsink long ways on either side. I can't visualize how the two different lengths work yet. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 If I did something like that I would try multicon ribbon cable, instead if the blown up Zebco route. CA glue it to the heatsink long ways on either side. I can't visualize how the two different lengths work yet. Would you rather have a pair of 1/4" cables sleeved or a 3" wide flat ribbon coming out of your fixture? Link to comment
farkwar Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Definitely sleeved coming out. Yup. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 So. Close. Hot glue is a godsend when trying to get things organized (though it will detach as soon as the heatsink heats up) I was kinda hoping to get all of this mess shoved into the end of the fixture and only have the multiconductor wires coming out... But yeah, there is no room in there. Ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuu. What to do. The sleeving really isn't thick enough to go over that much mass. I think what I'll have to do is put a couple of small zip ties on it, cut a piece of heatshrink, then cut that piece open and just wrap it around the wires and then shrink it, then do it again on the other side, and hope it doesn't look like a pair of dicks. Ugh. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Why not just put sleeving over each channel? Atleast you'll have 5 sleeved wires opposed to potential dick looking wires. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Besides having to redo all the wiring (plus, now that it is together I won't really be able to trace anything back) I would also need way more wire to run for each channel, and I would not have enough sleeving, either, according to my calculations. Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I have that spiral plastic cable wrap that comes on the koralia pumps. Want that? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Not sure what kind that is, but I'll be trying out a couple of things. Oy. Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I'm kind of amused by the fact that this build has been evolving for over a year. I can't wait to see it actually fired up before you decided two months down the road to build something else. Link to comment
Adrnalnrsh Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I'm kind of amused by the fact that this build has been evolving for over a year. I can't wait to see it actually fired up before you decided two months down the road to build something else. Or he just decides to go with a Goldfish Bowl Link to comment
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