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I'm curious about the LED setup your doing and can't wait to see it being built.
Ok so the led setup. Because it's the life blood of my tank and I feel like if you're gonna break the budget somewhere it's best to do it here. So my light isn't exactly "budget" but compared to production models with similar capabilities it's pretty easy on the wallet. The design is still coming together as I weigh cost vs want and need. Can I justify the cost increase for this with actual benefit or is it just cool so want it. So far I know for sure are I'll be using a makers extruded aluminum heat sink for the body. It meets all my needs in a heatsink and I love the way it looks. I know for sure my primary leds are going to be Cree XT-E royal blue driven at 1000ma, Cree XT-E white 4500k 1000ma, and Cree XP-E2 blue 1000ma. I haven't settled on the number yet but I'm thinking either 12 royal blue, 6 white and 1 blue or 14rb, 8w, and 2b. As far as additional colors go I haven't decided if I can justify them or not, probably not. Drivers are still up in the air I wanted to do a makers 2up pro but it only has 2 channels and the way I want to wire it Will overload channel 1 so that won't work That's about where I am with that right now. I'll post more info when I get it figured out.