DIY Dimmable RapidLED Kit - Converting from MH's

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  1. PDCCO

    PDCCO Feather Duster

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    Where did you get those!!!
     
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  2. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    I know of 3 places to get "larger-sized" heatsinks at a decent price:

    RapidLED
    Heatsink USA
    Reef LED Lights.

    If I were to guess I'd say they get them from the same supplier, or local suppliers.
     
    FaceOfDeceit, Oct 7, 2010
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  3. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Yes, heatsinkusa is where mine came from (it was in the first post too, but no worries). They went to anodizing on Monday; still waiting on them.
     
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  4. Dingo

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    hold up! i missed out on this first time around...

    are you adding the warm whites for their increase in red spectrum or what is your reason?
     
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  5. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Exactly the reason sir! ;)
     
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  6. ilovereefing

    ilovereefing Astrea Snail

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    how much you will you be spending for this? I want to upgrade to LEDs from MH too but don't have the money. I was hoping after selling my MH i can invest for parts in this myself. Looks great so far, keep us posted.
     
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  7. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    Got the aluminum goods back from anodizing today. Waiting on part availability from Rapid now to place my order there, should be this week.

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  8. Dingo

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    WOW! they look SHARP now lol... verrryy nice
     
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  9. Strickland_673

    Strickland_673 Fire Shrimp

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    What was the around about cost of getting it anodized?

    I'm going with a RapidLED DIY on my 25g within the next month!
     
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  10. evolved

    evolved Wrasse Freak

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    For what you see, the anodizing cost was just shy of $70.

    Thanks for the compliments!
     
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