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LED Lighting Build
I will be documenting my LED Lighting Build here.
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I replaced my 3 400w MHs with 3 LED Fixture that I built
Heatsinks: 3 10.080 x 14" Heatsinks from heatsinkusa.com - $180.07 Shipped
LEDS: 4 x 24 LED kits which include the following items:
12 x XP-G R5 Cool White LEDs 12 x XR-E Royal Blue LEDs 12 lenses for the XR-E LEDs - 60 Degree lenses 1 x LPC-35-700 driver for the XR-E's 1 x LPC-60-1050 driver for the XP-G's 2 Power Cords 4 Wire Nuts$980 shipped
Everything:
XP-Gs
XR-Es
Drivers
Parts used
Drill Bits: #30 for LED screws, 11/64" for Fan holders, 17/64" for Hangers
Screws are a Self Drilling Phillips 6-20 x 1/2
Washers are a number 6 nylon.
22 Gauge wire from Radio Shack
Thermal Compound from Radio Shack
Drilling - about 2.5hours
The holes
Mounting the LEDs with Thermal Compound, screws, and Nylon Washers - 30 minutes
Wired up! - 1hour
Whites
Blues
Both sets on
One Fixture on the tank
With no optic lenses on
With a 60 degree lens on the Blues only.
Readings on a LUX meter
LED with no lenses
At the water 21000
half way down 5000
As far as I could reach down 3000
LED with 60 Degree Lens on Blues only
At the water 41500
half way down 11500
As far as I could reach down 8500
Mhs 2 inches closer to the water.
At the water 49000
half way down 11500
As far as I could reach down 9000
Just the LEDs on
With the second fixture installed
Wish just two LED fixtures on.
Not the best Picture of a coral
All 3 LED fixtures
Just Blues
I added 24 more LEDs, 12 White and 12 Blue, I put 8 on each heat sink. This helped fill in some of the shadows
Images from 4-11-2010
Images from 5-21-2010
With just the extra LEDs on
With all 21 LEDs on.
