54 x 3 watt led build

TenUhC · Dec 23, 2012

Cool I'm planning on taking the tank down on Jan. 5th. The fish will be ready for pick up that afternoon or Sunday the 6th. Unless we have another delay.

SNAKEMANVET · Dec 23, 2012

What color leds are you going to use.Build looks great so far.

TechDiver · Dec 23, 2012

A resource I used for a DIY Scuba light LED upgrade mod was Deal Extreme. I bought several Cree LED modules from them. They also have drivers and other accessories. The downside is it ships on the slow boat from China. Check out dx.com for prices.

Mr.BAdams · Dec 23, 2012

SNAKEMANVET said:
What color leds are you going to use.Build looks great so far.

All 20000k. I'm still going to be running 4 T5's as well.

Mr.BAdams · Dec 23, 2012

My idea is to mimic 3 metal halides... But, bettet

Mr.BAdams · Dec 25, 2012

Ok, here's a updated drawing of the diy project.

Mr.BAdams · Dec 25, 2012

If I added the light wattage up right, It gives me a total of 470 Watts. It would have been 562 watts but, I'm not about to spend anymore money on a icecap 430 ballast

Mr.BAdams · Dec 25, 2012

Mr.BAdams said:
If I added the light wattage up right, It gives me a total of 470 Watts. It would have been 562 watts but, I'm not about to spend anymore money on a icecap 430 ballast

Especially since a certain Lexington business owner took mine!

Mr.BAdams · Dec 26, 2012

running a single 60" 80 watt ATI T5 off a 2 x 54 watt ballast!

[video=youtube;_-hRlS6e1S0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-hRlS6e1S0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Mr.BAdams · Dec 27, 2012

Updated drawing.... This is the final plan and I'm sticking to it!

Mr.BAdams · Dec 27, 2012

Since I got some 60" T5's to run of the 1 or 2 x 54 watt ballast, it has inspired me to build a all in one ballast/power box. Its turning out awesome, I completed the T5 and the pc psu portion of it today, now I'm just waiting on the 3 led drivers.