Can LED's blind you!?11

[maxst2]

yes! And here is why. I finished my LED setup on my 29gal biocube

Shots of heatsink and led's are all min dim!
Excuse the wiring mess and my bad layout lol. Off

Whites

Blues

Both

Idea of how bright this is... this is a DARK area.
Whites only

Blues only - camera really didnt like that

Mixed

 

[maxst2]

Not even a wow neat!?

 

[carey]

LOL. Neat!! LOL No, they look really really bright! And kinda purple in the pics too!

We wanna see them on the tank!

 

[Grizz]

My eyes! my eyes! The goggles do nothing lol they are bright holy cow awesome color too

 

[hackteck]

nice i may think of putting leds on my tank next year but my tank is so big i know its gonna be more then i want to spend lol

 

[Deckape]

nice job, I would have started a big ole fire or something...

 

[maxst2]

Sadly these are for my biocube, and that isn't going to get put up till i move in December, I don't want to setup a 3rd tank in my apartment then have to tear it down once it gets going.

Purple you see is really blue...it just looks that way since the camera really doesn't like that bright of a blue color haha!

I got mostly everything from rapidled.com. drivers, leds, wal wart for 10v power, 120mm fan,and two pots for dimming. Radioshack i got project box,solder, and wire, nanocustoms i got the heatsink. Its made for the biocube 29gal and drops right in.

The hood:

drivers and pot(dimmers) controls

I still need to make something for the chaeto chamber to give it light. Thinking a electrical gang box and velcroing it to the tank.

 

[maxst2]

Bump for LED awesomeness. Any questions?

MH+ power lighting without the heat and power usage = awesome!

 

[Biocube14]

Ok this is exactly what I've been looking to do. Where do I find the wiring schematics and parts list. Thanks!!!!!!!!

 

[maxst2]

Rapid LED Home Page for drivers and led's

CRE Loaded 6 - CRE Loaded Ecommerce is where i got the heatsink... but atm they got hacked or the business is suffering a management issue and the site is messed up. Email or call them.

 

[maxst2]

Also, you'll need to read on LED's. www.nano-reef.com is a good source in the lighting section.