New led setup

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  1. nc208082

    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    I am planning on ordering 2 of your 36 q5 light kits for my 120 48x24x24. I am going to getting a larger tank in the future so I want to build 2 2 foot units so I can just build another when I get the new tank. My question is I found these 15 watt multichip LEDs online that I wish to add to the setup. Would I need to order an additional driver to run four of these lights and would your drivers be able to handle a bulb like this.
     
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    I'd need to see the specs of the LEDs to be able to say for sure, but my guess is they'd need to be run on separate drivers.
     
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    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    Ok the 15 watt ones I didn't like. But found these 20k 10watt bulbs
    They're comingnfrom hong kong
    16-18v
    1400 ma
    800lm
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=270732298660

    This is where I found em. Spec sheet it shows is from a lower model. I've seen someone else set these up so I was hoping another driver would run these four on each lamp.
     
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    That page won't load for me, but based on the specs you listed you would need to get two additional LPC-60-1050 drivers for 4 of these LEDs (the LPC-60-1050 outputs 1050mA but only has a max rating of 48V, meaning at most you could drive 3 of these LEDs assuming they were 16V each and not 18V).
     
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    nc208082 Zoanthid

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    Yeah it was something I liked on another light but the cost of adding these lights , optics drivers and more is going to add like 300 dollars to this build making it as expensive as buying the two maxspects up front