Aquastyle LED

[Ingwe]

bro can you post a pic? I'll adopt your method

can I use a regular AC/DC adaptor to power a DIY LED?

[lauterbrunnen]

bro can you post a pic? I'll adopt your method

can I use a regular AC/DC adaptor to power a DIY LED?

please see attached pic.. take note i just put the string there at the middle for fail safe reason.. i am really concerned that the hanging kit cable slips and the whole thing ends up inside the tank. the thing on the corner of the fan are blue tacks

nope. i don't think regular AC/DC adaptor is enough to light up these LEDs. unless your adaptor can produce the output as the LED driver.

[reckless]

more bros using aquastyle aye? how the drivers are getting hot? for mine theres barely any heat...maybe becoz i didnt go full power...hehz..

[gp2700]

The reason why the driver feels hot is because it's running at full load.

Looking at the pictures, the output of the driver is 51V (max) @ 680mA. That's about about 34.68W.

12 x 3W LEDs gives us a power requirement of 36W.

The good news is that your LEDs will not burn out because the driver max output is at 680mA, 20mA short of the max 700mA.

The bad news is your LED driver will have a relatively short life span (don't ask me how short!).

Your mileage might vary but I would change to a 36V or 48V(depends on how hard you want to drive your LEDs), 1.5A LED driver (about 50W/70W) and fit in a 700mA fuse at the output side. Or use this to drive to drive 2 strings of 12 x 3W LED (but it will also be quite hot!)

I'm no engineer nor LED guru but you can PM me if you need more info.

[lauterbrunnen]

yup, mine is running at maximum output.. i tried it without the fan and it gets warm (can still touch with no problem).

[Ingwe]

hi bros,

An update after around 4 months. Everything is working fine, and the corals seems to be ok with LED. No heat problems, slightly warm to touch.

The only 2 complaints I have with the current arrangements are:

1. When I point the wavemaker to create ripples on the surface, there is some slight spotlighting, i.e. blue is separated from white. This is especially obvious when I'm taking pictures (note: its hung about 2 feet from the bottom of the tank)

2. The centre of the tank seems to be too bright, I suspect this might be because there are too many overlapping beams.

therefore I might try to put the dies in 2 clusters, radion-style

The only problem is with separating the dies from the heatsink..

[sunny03]

hi bros,

An update after around 4 months. Everything is working fine, and the corals seems to be ok with LED. No heat problems, slightly warm to touch.

The only 2 complaints I have with the current arrangements are:

1. When I point the wavemaker to create ripples on the surface, there is some slight spotlighting, i.e. blue is separated from white. This is especially obvious when I'm taking pictures (note: its hung about 2 feet from the bottom of the tank)

2. The centre of the tank seems to be too bright, I suspect this might be because there are too many overlapping beams.

therefore I might try to put the dies in 2 clusters, radion-style

The only problem is with separating the dies from the heatsink..

this link might helps

http://www.salt-city.org/showthread.php?25712-Mock-Ecotech-Radion-Actual-Build-w-Lots-of-Pics

and these for your referances

Ecotech Radion:

8x Cree XP-G Cool White LEDs run at 5w each

8x Cree XP-E Blue LEDs run at 3w each

10x Cree XP-E Royal Blue LEDs run at 3w each

4x Cree XP-E Green LEDs run at 3w each

4x Osram Oslon SSL Hyper Red LEDs run at 3w each

24 Inch Orphek Power Reef PR156 Specifications:

PR156-clear 90 degree lenses

Power Consumption: 120w

LED Qty:60pcs combines ~76% of White LEDS and ~23% of Blue LEDs,

Color: White Led 16.000k, 160lm, CRI 88

Wavelength: Blue 450nm - 460nm,

(8000 lumens total) ~18,000 LUX

LED Electrical Parameters:P=2w I=500mA

Maxspect Mazarra P-Series MZ-P01 LED Module

• 4-Cree XM-L @ 1500mA
  
• 4-Bridgelux 10k@700mA
  
• 3-Luxeon Rebel 460nm Royal @700mA
  
• 3-Luxeon Reble 480nm Blue @ 700mA
  
• 2-Bridgelux 420nm@700mA
  
  • 100, 70, and 40 degree optics included
    
    Innovative Marine 92 Watt 10000K Skkye Light Tablet LED Light - White
    Model 6203:
    • 28 3watt 10k 700mA
      
    • 2 3watt 466nm 700mA
      
    • 2 1 watt 456nm 350mA
      
      Model 6204:
      • 28 3watt 14k 700mA
        
      • 2 3watt 466nm 700mA
        
      • 2 1 watt 456 350mA
        

      Aquaillumination SOL

      24 LED lamps grouped into a bank of 8 lenses or pods each containing:

      [*]One Cree XP 6500K "Full Spectrum" LED lamp (XP-G)

      [*]One Cree XP Blue LED lamp and one Cree XP Royal Blue LED lamp (XP-E)

      Aquaillumination NANO

      12 LED lamps grouped into a bank of 4 lenses or pods each containing:

      [*]one Cree XP 6500K "Full Spectrum" LED lamps (XM-L)

      [*]one Cree XP Blue LED lamp (XP-E)

      [*]one Cree XP Royal Blue LED lamp (XP-E)

      "The Cree XP Blue and Cree XP Royal Blue LED lamps help meet the deeper blue light spectrum demands of many reef enthusiasts."

[limz_777]

if you put the led driver on top of heatsink , wont the driver be hotter ?

[Ingwe]

So far no, this is because the heatsink is not hot, so if anything heat transfer would be to the heatsink.

[vipul]

hey man can you switch between blue and white lights? to do so do you need 2 drivers?

[Ingwe]

You'll need two drivers. I have 12 of each color so this isn't a problem since each driver can run 7-12 3W LEDS.

[J_Vansen_S]

Hi guys, i have a 12G Nanocube, planning to fit it with LED from Aquastyle. Question is: how many LED should i fit in to a 12G nanocube, 14? 24?

[MadScientist]

Nice diy

[qingwen]

great DIY! thanks for the link..

[vipul]

how have the lights been dude? any complications so far?

[vipul]

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[Ingwe]

<p>heyy sorry for the late reply, just saw it. One of the drivers broke down, if you're getting it I'll suggest you go with the meanwell drivers (that cost slightly more). From what I've read they seem to be more reliable</p>

[oceanviper]

True...MeanWell LED driver is much more reliable...

I'm using it for my current newly DIY LED...

So far looking good....

Corals seems to be adapting to it....