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    Pulling my hair out!!! LED Drivers

    To be honest data sheets are rather confusing, especially when the add multiple items. A tip when daisy-chaining strings would be to use fast...
    Post by: Kordova, Jan 6, 2014 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
  2. Kordova
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    Pulling my hair out!!! LED Drivers

    You're reading output of the drivers. (The amperage you'd be running the LED's) Look at input... States it draws 1.2A@115v
    Post by: Kordova, Jan 6, 2014 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    A Look at the ReefSpectrum P47 LED Light

    Aw-man them wife's always ruin the fun, not even giving you a chance to dream about it. Nope... Your dreams are crushed even before that thought...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 21, 2013 in forum: 3reef Radar
  4. Kordova
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    A Look at the ReefSpectrum P47 LED Light

    For such a well thought out design they definitely skipped on that one... I agree I hope they come out with a bracket of some sort; can't see that...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 20, 2013 in forum: 3reef Radar
  5. Kordova
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    A Look at the ReefSpectrum P47 LED Light

    I did underline the word class....Not sure how you can compare Luxeon M's to Cree XT-E LED's when one is a 12v-11w compared to a 3.5v-5w... Needless...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 20, 2013 in forum: 3reef Radar
  6. Kordova
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    A Look at the ReefSpectrum P47 LED Light

    Wowwzers, that's one of the best designs/LED layout I've seen to date... And the carbon fiber case is just icing on the cake. Those XT-E LED's are...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 20, 2013 in forum: 3reef Radar
  7. Kordova
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    You're correct these drivers don't fully dim, in the data sheet it explains it. PWM goes down 15%, Analog down to 5% (oops 5% not 10% i originally...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 19, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Here's me toying around with an old MH Coralife fixture I picked up for 40 bucks <--- working I might add, just cosmetic damage which is an easy fix....
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 19, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Good stuff!! I built this with a lot of patience but one thing I do regret is not drilling through holes for the short wires but I lack a drill press...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 18, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
  10. Kordova
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    I can't say that it'll be any cheaper, I'm into this fixture for about 1400-1500 at the moment and it's still not finished, but that's because I'm...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 18, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
  11. Kordova
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    Laying out my LEDS - opinions please

    Personally I'd go for option 2 as this would give you a even spread of light. Option 1 is and would be prone to spotlighting which personally I hate...
    Post by: Kordova, Nov 13, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
  12. Kordova
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    220 Gallons of Eye Candy

    :thumb_up:
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 30, 2013 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
  13. Kordova
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    New to reefing!!

    Well I made my LED build thread, still working hard on the renovation to get the tank setup but here's the thread for the led setup...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: Say Hello!
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    220 Gallons of Eye Candy

    Another thing to consider is using two smaller pumps to give you the turnover rate your looking for. By doing this, you can have one pump hooked up...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Well small update, I made the cables that will connect the fixture to the control box. There are not really necessary but I figured it would be a...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    After sleeping on how the LEDs were shorting out everywhere I decided to re-think how I soldered the wire to the LEDs. So you guessed it I...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    So I have good and bad news, bad news: I had probably 20+ shorts from the wire resting against the LED star itself which cause all sorts of problems....
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
  18. Kordova
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Yup this is basically complete now but I'm retrofitting a 72" MH Coralife fixture so I can use the CMF sockets for actinic bulbs ;D this was...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Well today turned out pretty good, managed to get the other two heatsinks drilled and tapped and the LEDs mounted ;D Plus even managed to tin the...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    60" DIY Cree LED Fixture (480watts) - Build Thread

    Well who was I kidding I ran into that store faster than you could say DIY ;) I must admit I was shaking at first not wanting to slip with the...
    Post by: Kordova, Oct 29, 2013 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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