I took some pictures real quick. If you want more specifics on something let me know. Really the hardest part I found was getting a good solder joint on the arrays. The array is aluminum so you are basically heating the entire thing instead of just the contact point. With a higher wattage soldering iron it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
What I did was to pre-tin all of the contacts and then mounted them to the heat sink. To mount them I drilled and and started the self tapping screws. Then I cleaned everything off with goof off cleaner and then applied the thermal paste and tightened everything down.
When you wire the arrays, you want to run the +/- to the opposite of the second array on the fixture. So say power is coming in to + side of array 1, it would leave on the - of array 1 and connect to the + of array 2. It's the same for connecting two fixtures. You can't see the +/- in the picture but you get the idea. I also added a single royal blue and UV led in the center to act as moon lights. To mount those I used thermal epoxy. I was hand tightening everything but I did have the head of one screw break off, which you can see in the picture. I think it was just a bad screw as I was able to really crank on the rest. I just drilled a new hole in the array, I'm hoping it won't cause an issue in cooling.
To connect the the fixtures I used the plugs in my part list. It really made it easy making sure everything is connected as it should. With including the fan and moon light wiring it worked so that I used every plug wire. I used the plugs so if I ever have to pull one off the rack it will be easy.
To mount the fan, all I did was drill a hole in the heat sink and ran a zip tie through the fans mounting hole. I did the opposite corner for the other side of the heat sink.
To wire the fan, you want to cut off the three pin connector. The middle wire is the + wire and the wire with the dashes on it is the -. When you wire the fans up + will always go to + and same for -. I also included a second set of wires in case I found that I needed to add another fan to keep the fixture cool. I'm going to try and run a heat test this weekend.
I pulled all of the driver boards apart to make an enclosure but I can take more pictures when I reassemble it. For each driver the boards will have a +/- connection on one side and a connection for the control signal on the other. Because I'll have 6 fixtures and each driver can handle 2 fixtures, I tied all of the drivers in to be controlled by a single channel on the controller. If you are going to have more than two fixtures it may help to map it out.
Let me know if you have any specific questions. I can take more pictures of the drivers and controller once I get those put back together.
What I did was to pre-tin all of the contacts and then mounted them to the heat sink. To mount them I drilled and and started the self tapping screws. Then I cleaned everything off with goof off cleaner and then applied the thermal paste and tightened everything down.
When you wire the arrays, you want to run the +/- to the opposite of the second array on the fixture. So say power is coming in to + side of array 1, it would leave on the - of array 1 and connect to the + of array 2. It's the same for connecting two fixtures. You can't see the +/- in the picture but you get the idea. I also added a single royal blue and UV led in the center to act as moon lights. To mount those I used thermal epoxy. I was hand tightening everything but I did have the head of one screw break off, which you can see in the picture. I think it was just a bad screw as I was able to really crank on the rest. I just drilled a new hole in the array, I'm hoping it won't cause an issue in cooling.
To connect the the fixtures I used the plugs in my part list. It really made it easy making sure everything is connected as it should. With including the fan and moon light wiring it worked so that I used every plug wire. I used the plugs so if I ever have to pull one off the rack it will be easy.
To mount the fan, all I did was drill a hole in the heat sink and ran a zip tie through the fans mounting hole. I did the opposite corner for the other side of the heat sink.
To wire the fan, you want to cut off the three pin connector. The middle wire is the + wire and the wire with the dashes on it is the -. When you wire the fans up + will always go to + and same for -. I also included a second set of wires in case I found that I needed to add another fan to keep the fixture cool. I'm going to try and run a heat test this weekend.
I pulled all of the driver boards apart to make an enclosure but I can take more pictures when I reassemble it. For each driver the boards will have a +/- connection on one side and a connection for the control signal on the other. Because I'll have 6 fixtures and each driver can handle 2 fixtures, I tied all of the drivers in to be controlled by a single channel on the controller. If you are going to have more than two fixtures it may help to map it out.
Let me know if you have any specific questions. I can take more pictures of the drivers and controller once I get those put back together.
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