Low-cost or DIY alternatives to Orphek Bar LEDs

[EMeyer]

On a couple of my tanks I'd like to add some supplemental blue or violet lighting with meaningful PAR. I need long, skinny lights to fit in the existing space.

So the Orphek bars are appealing but not at the price. Low-powered blue LED strips are very cheap (<$15). These are what I use for moonlight, but they dont provide meaningful PAR. And high-powered LEDs (black boxes) are also cheap (I trust there is no need to link what I'm talking about here )

I am looking for either
1. A low priced (≤$50) blue or violet LED bar with 3W diodes or
2. A DIY solution. Has anyone made a DIY LED strip like this?

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[dantimdad]

Check out Steve’s LEDs. But honesty the price of the ORs is hard to beat.

 

[EMeyer]

Check out Steve’s LEDs. But honesty the price of the ORs is hard to beat.

Thanks, looks like all DIY parts right? Or do they have a bar light I'm missing?

The Orphek is $180, I could reconfigure the space and use black boxes and still beat that price by 50%

I figure someone must be making a low-cost version of a bar light, but my searches arent turning up anything.

 

[dantimdad]

On ebay search for "heavy blue LED bar"

Yes, steve's is mainly DIY

 

[Orphek]

Check out Steve’s LEDs. But honesty the price of the ORs is hard to beat.

I think we can help you here at low cost .
We have old stock of OR2 Pcb with LEDs 3w . If you email us we can help you get at low cost . [email protected]

 

[dantimdad]

I think we can help you here at low cost .
We have old stock of OR2 Pcb with LEDs 3w . If you email us we can help you get at low cost . [email protected]

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