I always try to keep my light not much longer than 8-10 hours, but I always hated the idea of sitting after 10pm in front of the tank and don't see a thing, so the idea of moonlight was born.
Blue lightbulbs were a bit too expensive for me, so after finding some LEDs on the eBay I went for a cheaper option
I got some PVC trunking cover that I use a lot in my work, so I drilled a few holes in it and fit the diodes in.
It comes with to parts-- narrow black one and wide grey, because of the hood I have. It will all explain itself later
For a starter I wanted to see whether it works at all, so decided to solder everything together and connect to three AA batteries:
All the anodes (longer legs) were connected to each other and one wire to connect the lot to a battery, and the similars goes for the cathodes (shorter legs). I didn't need anything more at this stage, because the voltage from three AA batteries is just enough to make the LEDs shine and we don't need to be worried about too much current just yet.
I put it into the tank for a moment, to see how it's gonna look
That's it for today, as it's starting to getting a bit late... It took me a bit longer than I thought
Blue lightbulbs were a bit too expensive for me, so after finding some LEDs on the eBay I went for a cheaper option
I got some PVC trunking cover that I use a lot in my work, so I drilled a few holes in it and fit the diodes in.
It comes with to parts-- narrow black one and wide grey, because of the hood I have. It will all explain itself later
For a starter I wanted to see whether it works at all, so decided to solder everything together and connect to three AA batteries:
All the anodes (longer legs) were connected to each other and one wire to connect the lot to a battery, and the similars goes for the cathodes (shorter legs). I didn't need anything more at this stage, because the voltage from three AA batteries is just enough to make the LEDs shine and we don't need to be worried about too much current just yet.
I put it into the tank for a moment, to see how it's gonna look
That's it for today, as it's starting to getting a bit late... It took me a bit longer than I thought