DIY Violet/Red LED Setup. Help me build it!
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Kris,
I don't think it will be too much but that's just a guess. Those reds and cyans aren't Cree so they don't put out as much (I don't THINK they do anyway).
What I'd worry about is the 16 LED's on the one driver. I don't know how many the inventronics can drive but you may be ok. If it were me building it,
I'd leave the optics off of the reds. That will reduce the amount of red at depth. Optics really boost the light density. I was amazed at how much brighter
my white Crees were with optics on them compared to those without optics.
I don't think it will be too much but that's just a guess. Those reds and cyans aren't Cree so they don't put out as much (I don't THINK they do anyway).
What I'd worry about is the 16 LED's on the one driver. I don't know how many the inventronics can drive but you may be ok. If it were me building it,
I'd leave the optics off of the reds. That will reduce the amount of red at depth. Optics really boost the light density. I was amazed at how much brighter
my white Crees were with optics on them compared to those without optics.
Thanks Gale. The reason I wanted to do optics on all of them is because they will be hung 12-14" AWL. Without optics I am afraid the light will just flood the living room and the tank is right next to the couch. As far as drivers, I will be running 1 driver for the reds (8leds) 1 driver for the turquoise (8leds) and 2 drivers for the violets (15leds per driver).
Heatsinks, fans, hanging kits and splash guards ordered from RapidLED. Not comfortable yet on doing the ledgroupbuy order. Just don't want to miss anything since shipping can take 2 weeks from ordering... Im also considering maybe throwing in a couple cool whites into the fixture.
I am going to order the LED's + everything else from http://www.ledgroupbuy.com/
I am going to order the LED's + everything else from http://www.ledgroupbuy.com/
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I have to say that is a downside. I emailed them about 2 months ago with some questions, they never responded. I then emailed them when I was ready to buy, and stated that in my email, and had an email back in about 24 hours. They said the 60-27D would be in last Wednesday and they would ship my order then. Well, they still haven't shipped. Figure I'll give them until next week and if it hasn't shipped I'll cancel the order and get the ones from LEDGroupBuy.
Edit: We must have been typing at the same time. I'm pretty sure Zooid was talking about Bravo Electronics. LEDGroupBuy has awesome customer service and Milad answered all my questions for over a month before I even ordered anything from them.
Edit: We must have been typing at the same time. I'm pretty sure Zooid was talking about Bravo Electronics. LEDGroupBuy has awesome customer service and Milad answered all my questions for over a month before I even ordered anything from them.
One of the issues Milad from ledgroupbuy brought up to me is that I might not get coverage on the ends of the aquarium with the current gameplan. Soooo not to be frustrated I added on 48 solderless connectors to my order and will also get 4 red, 4 turquoise and 8 violet LED's with 120 degree optics to go on the ends of the fixtures to help with spread if needs be.
Decided to forgo the 120 degree (no optics) option. Just finished my shopping (I hope). So I have my heatsinks, hanging kit and fans coming from rapidled and 10 turquoise, 10 deep red and 30 violets coming from ledgroupbuy. Also picked up 4 40watt dimmable inventronics drivers, 4 ac plugs and 48 thermal tape stars.