DIY Rapid LED kit has arrived!

Lighting looks great and overall setup. If you don't mind le asking what was your total cost on this set up. I would love to do this on my 55g but I would have to double up.

 

Ok, here are some close up pics of the hanger. Its really simple.










I used following:
1/16" bare wire rope 9'
swages (small piece to hold wire rope) x8
hollow anchor 100lb capacity x2
eye screws x2
"S" hooks x4
All purchased at Homedepot.

 

OP used 24 LEDs (12 blue and 12 white) The constand current kit costs about $220. The dimmable version is availible for $250 plus controller.

Results for DIY Retrofit Kits

These don't include the price for a normal heat sink. They come with a strip. For a full tank lighting you will want something like this.

http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-Heat-Sinks/s/10/Categories

 

I would recommend two of these for a 55g.
Drilled and Tapped 4.25" x 16" Heat Sink for 24 LEDs

 

Thanks!

Here it goes!
-Rapid LED 24 Ultra Premium DIY LED kit with Dimmable Drivers $235
-23"x 4.25" heatsink $35
-Optic lenses for XP-G x @ $1.25 x12 $15
-92mm fan $13
All from Rapid LED $298 with free shipping.

-Potentiometers 10K ohm @$3 x2 $6
-Project case to hold pots above $2.50
-Pot's control knobs $4
-18 gauge cable (roll) $7
-9V regulated wallwort (power adapter) $15
All from Radioshack.

1/16" bare wire rope 9' @$0.26/ft $2.34
swages (small piece to hold wire rope) x8 @$1.25 $5
hollow anchor 100lb capacity x2 $4.50
eye screws x2 $1
"S" hooks x4 $1
All purchased at Homedepot.

I still need to order aluminum angles, plexi glass, other misc to hold them together, which would be around $50.

Grand total :$396.34 (some of them are approximate cost)

 

The light has been on for like 7~8 hours straight today, the heatsink is not even warm to the touch. The living room temp was like 67F, so its running really cool. I will add the fan tho, just in case.

 

coming along great.love LED DIY`s..keep up the good work..

 

Random pics







Its really great to be able to choose the color mixture with cool white and royal blue. I like it tad more bluish, the wife likes it more cool white. We're always fighting over the dimmer

All the pics are not tweaked in any way (except the size).

 

How would putting acrylic around the light effect the temp or have you thought about something like that? To give it more of a finished product look, it still looks great just asking is all

 

I will cover it with two long aluminum angles to hold a lexan under the optics. Well basically like this.