New 132 LED Rig

[CoralFever]

I thought I'd share a few pictures of my new LED rig. I almost have it finished up, just waiting on some resistors, enclosure boxes and a splash guard.

Running 60 whites and 72 blues on 2 MeanWell HLG-240-42B in parallel strings. This was my first real electronics build so there was some trial and error.:squigglemouth: just need to get some water in the tank and get some par readings.

I'm thinking about adding about 10 violets and maybe a few greens in the mix. Need to wait and see how the color is. Seems like its in the 15k range now. The last picture shows them running at about 50%.

 

[Troylee]

Looks good man keep us posted how you like it.... I'm hoping to do mine here real soon I just need to wire the drivers up lol...

 

[CoralFever]

Thanks Troy. Will do.

The drivers were easier then I thought they would be. What size light are you building?

Forgot to mention that this fixture is 66" x 20" and will be used on a 210

 

[Troylee]

Mine is 18x60 going over a 180 it has 150 LEDs 100 blue and 50 white...I used the meanwell 40-68d drivers and ran parallel strings of 12 on each driver.... So I'm running 24 blue per driver etc... Should push them at 650ma and that's bills recommendation...

 

[Troylee]

What optics are you using I got the 80* on bills recommendation again lol.... He said when in doubt go with 80s

 

[Kbra]

Are these dimmable?

 

[CoralFever]

Nice rig Troy. What are you doing for cooling?

I got 40s and 60s for optics. Thinking of putting the 40s on the blues and 60s on the whites. Not really sure though, I'm going to see what looks best once its hung over the tank.

Kbra, my drivers are dimmable with a external pot and 10v power source or I can hook it up to an Apex when I get it.