my custom led build for 125g tank

[Deep Dive Coral]

hey bob sorry ive been soooo buisy with nmy group buy, this tornado that hit queens, and every day life. here are some updates....
1. finished the frame and mounted the heat sinks.
2. tapped 2 of the 3 heat sinks
3. mounted 2 out of the 3 RB leds on the 2 heat sinks.
4. wired and soldered one heat sink with all of the royal blue.
5. wiring up the other RB heatsink as we speak.

here are some pics sowing the 2 heatsinks.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

some more shots from tonight....

PIC OF THE FIRST HEATSINK FULLY WIRED UP AND RUNNING OFF OF 3 9V BATT.

 

[BobNY]

Thanks for the update. The fixture is looking awesome!!
I plan to do something very similar, only I plan to start with only 24 LED's in each heat sink.
I plan to only do soft and LPS for a while. I plan to use large enough heatsinks so I can add
more bulbs if needed.
Once again....looking great! Please keep the updates coming.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

How big of a tank are you putting it on.

 

[BobNY]

I am doing a 135G (72x18x25).
I mostly plan to do soft and LPS for a while. I plan to make the
fixture so I can easily add more LED's as I need them.

 

[reefoman]

Great work camanuch !!!
I'm almost done with my new project... A lot of work and money

Regards,
mark

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

yup. that it is....... lots of time.

 

[reefoman]

What is total weight of your setup? Did you install drivers outside the fixture or somewhere inside?

Regards,
mark

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

What is total weight of your setup? Did you install drivers outside the fixture or somewhere inside?

Regards,
mark

Drivers are not installed yet. But they will be installed next to the heat sinks. As for weight it will be like 60lbs. Aproximately. heatsinks are heavy.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Hey everyone. Sorry for the lak of updates. Been crazy with a bunch of swaps lately. I was able to finish up all of wireing and leds last night. I also received my 2controllers in the mail. Now I got to skin it, connect the drivers, hook up the fans, make the control boxes, and test. Thanks for looking

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Hey everyone. Sorry for the lak of updates. Been crazy with a bunch of swaps lately. I was able to finish up all of wireing and leds last night. I also received my 2controllers in the mail. Now I got to skin it, connect the drivers, hook up the fans, make the control boxes, and test. Thanks for looking

Which driver are you using and how much?

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

I will be using the meanwell 60-48P drivers.

 

[wayne]

hey i just love seeing a good diy project especially one that's as neat as yours do you have any more update pictures ...........................

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

yes i do wayne ill post pics later on today

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Sorry for the delay. We had a new born in the family so its bern crazy. But I'm about 95% done. Here are a few pics

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

I have to fabricate the hood and turn the light around so the wiring will be in the back and all tired up.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Btw they were shot with my droid x.

 

[masterswimmer]

Sorry for the delay. We had a new born in the family so its bern crazy.

Congratulations and best of luck with the new born.

Russ

 

[dubs]

congrat on the new born ..nice tank and lmk if u need help building ur hood i am a season carpenter /plumber i got tons of tool

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Congratulations and best of luck with the new born.

Russ

thanks russ.