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Well I finally got the LED fixture finished and hung this morning, nothing like a deadline to get things finally moving. These are going over a 90g that will be going on the stand tomorrow afternoon.
The LED's are currently 62 inches from the floor with the option to raise/lower them with the chain length. There is a single power cord off the back of the fixture which allows all of the wiring to be unplugged and the fixture moved easily. Six drivers running on 4 separate plugs will allow for staggered lighting schedules with each plug running a certain color mix.
#1 Royal Blue
#2 White Mix
#3 True Violet/Pink
#4 Blue/Turquoise
Changing out different LED's is just a matter of un-soldering the stars and adding in whatever color seems to be needed. Right now I think I may need to pull a couple of pinks in exchange for reds and possibly a couple of blues for greens. That's down the road once the tank has been running for a while though, at least 10 weeks as I have major surgery coming up and will be limited to a 5 lb lifting limit for a couple of months.
Onto the pictures:
Hung Fixture
DIY LED 002 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Top of fixture showing fans (Minor screw up here, I was hoping to have the fans inside the fixture but the amount of wiring inside made that impossible).
DIY LED 004 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
One half of the LED's from under the fixture, mirrored over the other half of the tank.
DIY LED 005 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Royal Blue String (Min power)
DIY LED 008 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Royal Blue String (Min Power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 019 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
White String (Min power)
DIY LED 011 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
White String (Min power @62 inches)
DIY LED 022 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Violet/Pink string (Min power)
DIY LED 010 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Violet/Pink string (Min power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 017 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Blue/Turquoise string (Min power)
DIY LED 014 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Blue/Turquoise string (Min power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 016 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
The LED's are currently 62 inches from the floor with the option to raise/lower them with the chain length. There is a single power cord off the back of the fixture which allows all of the wiring to be unplugged and the fixture moved easily. Six drivers running on 4 separate plugs will allow for staggered lighting schedules with each plug running a certain color mix.
#1 Royal Blue
#2 White Mix
#3 True Violet/Pink
#4 Blue/Turquoise
Changing out different LED's is just a matter of un-soldering the stars and adding in whatever color seems to be needed. Right now I think I may need to pull a couple of pinks in exchange for reds and possibly a couple of blues for greens. That's down the road once the tank has been running for a while though, at least 10 weeks as I have major surgery coming up and will be limited to a 5 lb lifting limit for a couple of months.
Onto the pictures:
Hung Fixture
DIY LED 002 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Top of fixture showing fans (Minor screw up here, I was hoping to have the fans inside the fixture but the amount of wiring inside made that impossible).
DIY LED 004 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
One half of the LED's from under the fixture, mirrored over the other half of the tank.
DIY LED 005 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Royal Blue String (Min power)
DIY LED 008 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Royal Blue String (Min Power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 019 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
White String (Min power)
DIY LED 011 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
White String (Min power @62 inches)
DIY LED 022 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Violet/Pink string (Min power)
DIY LED 010 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Violet/Pink string (Min power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 017 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Blue/Turquoise string (Min power)
DIY LED 014 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
Blue/Turquoise string (Min power @ 62 inches)
DIY LED 016 by Em & Stu, on Flickr
