CrazyEyes Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 I actually need to figure that out real quick before wiring it up to this p/s. Link to comment
milfordguy Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Trust me you will get 100+ par on the sandbed without an issue at all. These were my uncorrected par readings using the clubs par meter a few months ago. White/Cyan 25 % Red 10 % Blue 24 % Royal blue 39 % Top (22" From LEDs): 220 Middle (35" From LEDs): 170 Bottom (44" From LEDs): 120 All Channels 100% Top (22" From LEDs): 650 Middle (35" From LEDs): 550 Bottom (44" From LEDs): 415 Wish I had my new controller hooked up so I could have done individual channels and corrected the readings. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Christ, was that with optics/reflectors? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 My best was right around 700 at 28" with reflectors Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 I'm going to either find a par meter, make a par meter or just suck it up and see any of the locals want to all chip in and buy one. I am going to be too curious to see what this thing is going to throw out. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Nothing like getting everything mounted and realize you've misplaced one of the violets. Now my options are, order a single violet lol, or remove 1 from the other heatsink because I am not living knowing the clusters are uneven in quantities. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Order another. I did the same to have even quantities between my 2 clusters. I feel your pain. I was soldering up my Lux Cyan and M's and ran out of wire on the last M of Cluster 1. Would have been nice to finish up the wiring on the first cluster but noooo. Now I gotta go out and get more wire so I can work on Cluster 2 tonight. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 That's why I've learned to order extra lol. I've run out of solder, wire, and sometimes even miscalculated LEDs and drivers (like now, I accidentally ordered LDD-1000H instead of 700H, whoops). Luckily the LDD are a super quick swap out. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yea somehow I always underestimate. Wire, LEDs, drivers, you name it. I've got more wire coming in with the limes from Steve's but I don't feel like waiting. I'll probably hit up Radioshack on the way home from work. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Was out tonight, I found myself on a toll road, realized I forgot to replenish my sunpass, so I had to go into my arm rest / compartment deal to get some change, I open it up to find 1 lonely violet LED, not sure how it got in there but atleast I found it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 OK, its one thing to find one under a couch cushion, but in your vehicle with change is another lol Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Aaaahhhh, a few weeks back I was at ACE looking for screws and brought it with me to make sure the screws would fit in the star. I'm getting too old to remember stuff. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Was dead set on making some progress on the light today, until my g/f begged me to take her to ikea. Which was fine but then she found something she wanted, didn't fit in our car. Had to drive to my dad's, pick up his truck, drive back to Ikea, drive home, drop it off, drop the truck off, come home and assemble this Swedish nightmare. I swear if she has plans for me tomorrow I'm going to put her in an arm bar, Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Got all the LEDs secured down. Need to clean up the heatsinks a bit, just got a bit of grease on a few spots. Now I just need to fix the two heatsinks together and get everything wired up and light this tank up. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/DSC_0234_zpsc76bd7dc.jpg.html'> http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/DSC_0235_zpsb9337f6d.jpg.html'> Link to comment
jball1125 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 That's going to be a sweet led fixture. Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I have no knowledge of diy led's or anything but this build is turning out great. Nice attention to detail making the two sides simetrical. Sounds like you will be able to light up your house with it. Seems like a ton of work, Great job Following Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks man! It came out pretty nice considering my misaligned eyes. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Finally got all the led pads pre tinned. I really do like this 60/37 solder and 60w soldering iron, makes it so much easier vs the cheap radio shack iron and solder I used previously. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 This literally has nothing to do with my 75g but, our little nano really needs a sump upgrade. It currently just has a 10g with no baffles. So I contact the company who made my replacement sump and told them what I wanted and they sent me this. Although he did recommend deleting the first set of baffles, only thing going in the middle compartment is a skimmer and whatever reactor(s) I decide to go with. I'm hoping for another quick build from this company. http://s27.photobucket.com/user/DrftNme/media/LittleSump_zpsd11f3774.png.html'> Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Quick question. On Evil's LED guide he says to use stranded wire when for connecting LEDs together, then on the LGB site it says the solid wire is best for connecting them. Which one does everyone use? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I use only solid wire for connections to the LEDs. Stranded wire is too easy to have one strand go awry and touch the side of the PCB or heatsink. For running the wire from the LEDs to the drivers, though, and drivers to the power supply, stranded is much better since it is much more flexible. Link to comment
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