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Yep....a good choker chain is all that is needed.....I find that when I want something done, all I have to do is point....
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Hersey
Active member
Great job! Looks like the angled aluminum worked perfect.
E
eww
Guest
Thanks guys. We are trying to do it as right as we can so it lasts for years to come.
Herefishyfishy
Smart Bass
Thanks for the picture series, was fun to follow.
LEDs sure are entering our hobby at a very quick rate.
LEDs sure are entering our hobby at a very quick rate.
Peppie
Well-known member
Thanks for the photo fix.
I wondered how long it would be before your dinning room table turned into a workbench. LOL Maybe if you get rid of some of those empty aquarium equipment boxes littering your garage you would be able to walk around the workbench out there. LOLOL.
Looks like you are going to have an awesome fixture for your reef. You are doing a great job. Did you get your driver snafoo worked out?/
From what I see above you are ready to cut up your hood, again. Let me know when you need to mod the hood. Shouldnt take more than a couple of hours.
BTW how many of those little wires did you drop on the floor as you were doing your soldering?
I wondered how long it would be before your dinning room table turned into a workbench. LOL Maybe if you get rid of some of those empty aquarium equipment boxes littering your garage you would be able to walk around the workbench out there. LOLOL.
Looks like you are going to have an awesome fixture for your reef. You are doing a great job. Did you get your driver snafoo worked out?/
From what I see above you are ready to cut up your hood, again. Let me know when you need to mod the hood. Shouldnt take more than a couple of hours.
BTW how many of those little wires did you drop on the floor as you were doing your soldering?
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eww
Guest
FUNNY MAN you are... :rofl: FYI the Dining Room table only became a work bench because a guest (Stuart) came over and helped out and I didn't want to subject him to the 30* temps in the garage... and the garage was a mess... again. Not sure which snafoo you are referring to on the drivers but since we finally got all the LED's to fire we must have worked it out somehow. The hood is definitely ready to be cut so how about Sunday morning around 10:00am??? I will make sure the garage door is open for you. Just don't make any noise so Gavin doesn't know you are here... He might think you're Santa or something. Oh... and you know how many of those wires I dropped buddy. You've been around long enough to know that
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Peppie
Well-known member
Sunday morning sounds great, but I was thinking more like about 5am. LOL.
do you think we can do it at your place? I am not real sure if we need to use the table saw for anything? All the cuts will be unseen, right?
Dont get me wrong you and the hood and the lights are more than welcome in my heated shop anytime. Just thinking we could take care of it there with less transport.
I got a great idea!!!!
Person to person conversation!!!! LoL
do you think we can do it at your place? I am not real sure if we need to use the table saw for anything? All the cuts will be unseen, right?
Dont get me wrong you and the hood and the lights are more than welcome in my heated shop anytime. Just thinking we could take care of it there with less transport.
I got a great idea!!!!
Person to person conversation!!!! LoL
Guerry
Well-known member
great looking build, It's nice to see you've taken the time to do it right. So many people are in such a hurry to just throw them together, then have wires going everywhere with that rat nest look just to see them on
E
eww
Guest
Now that the holes are drilled and the work is now on the top side of the heat sink we had to build special heatsink holders. We have to thank Gavin for his invaluable assistance in this endevour.
Mounting the resistors and fuse holders using Locite stik'n seal ultra
All the solder points along the wires are protected with heat shrink
Eric's make shift heat gun.....let me say it does not work as quickly as a true heat gun
Thanks again to stuart for bringing his...which made quick work in doing three wiring harnesses
and here are all three heat sinks wired up
Here is a mock up of where they will sit on the hood. We have placed them so the lights will be centered over each opening over the tank.
The drivers will behind the heat sinks.
Next, wire up the drivers to a single power source, getting power to the fans. Modifying the hood....wowzers we are getting close......
Mounting the resistors and fuse holders using Locite stik'n seal ultra
All the solder points along the wires are protected with heat shrink
Eric's make shift heat gun.....let me say it does not work as quickly as a true heat gun
Thanks again to stuart for bringing his...which made quick work in doing three wiring harnesses
and here are all three heat sinks wired up
Here is a mock up of where they will sit on the hood. We have placed them so the lights will be centered over each opening over the tank.
The drivers will behind the heat sinks.
Next, wire up the drivers to a single power source, getting power to the fans. Modifying the hood....wowzers we are getting close......
Hersey
Active member
You know you're getting close to being done when the dining room table returns back to normal...
Peppie
Well-known member
How exciting for the both of you. Cant wait to see the true colors of your tank once they are in place and running.
So after they are up and running, what will be your next do-dad to add to your system? Calc reactor? Bio pellets?
Your getting pretty good at this DIY stuff. I know who will be helping me with my LEDs, Someday....
Dont let the lack of holes in your hood keep you from doing some finish work. We can get them cut in there this weekend.
Lights Looks really clean
So after they are up and running, what will be your next do-dad to add to your system? Calc reactor? Bio pellets?
Your getting pretty good at this DIY stuff. I know who will be helping me with my LEDs, Someday....
Dont let the lack of holes in your hood keep you from doing some finish work. We can get them cut in there this weekend.
Lights Looks really clean
NC2WA
Well-known member
wow..looks like you could take off in a plane with all this equipment and wiring....LOL...
E
eww
Guest
That's what the 6 fans are for Kirk. We are planning on flying it up to the top of the tank
E
eww
Guest
The next DIY will be just kickin back and watching it grow for a bit then maybe a Ca reactor when needed. Also been thinking up an automated continuous water change system???
No problem on your LED build. Gotcha covered there buddy.
E
eww
Guest
To clean up the power cords going to the drivers, all six, we decided to wire them into a single power source. We used two intersystem bonding termination units. We have all the hot wires going into one...dubbed the HOT BOX, and all the grounded wires going into the other....dubbed the DUMMY BOX.....no that's not where bad husbands go when in trouble
all wired and buttoned up.....LOOKING CLEAN....power supply forthcoming
The black project box has been modified for three dc jacks that the fans will be wired into.
The wiring harness for the dimming circuit, running between the heat sinks and drivers going to the dedicated lighting controller.
all wired and buttoned up.....LOOKING CLEAN....power supply forthcoming
The black project box has been modified for three dc jacks that the fans will be wired into.
The wiring harness for the dimming circuit, running between the heat sinks and drivers going to the dedicated lighting controller.
Darthv247
Well-known member
if someone who didnt know what you were doing stumbled on these pictures they might call the FBI.
really clean work. lookin good !
really clean work. lookin good !
TJL
copod
Incredible job you two, top notch stuff and cannot wait to see this Bad Boy fired up. Will have to make the effort to come down for a visit to see how it really looks.
Cheers, Todd
Cheers, Todd
