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post #81 of 201
2/20/12 at 11:23am
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Right now, there is nothing in my tank but live rock, and as of now it has no yellowing color. I think i'm going to go with 6 cools and 6 nuetrals, I can always change them later if I don't like them I guess.

I talked to my fiance and shes really urging me to build these lights, so I guess I should really to it ;)
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post #82 of 201
2/20/12 at 11:29am
Either Way once the blues are turned on you wont notice any yellowish color. Most people i know dont run the whites without the blues on. I do still plan on a 2:1 mix of royal blue and regular blue though to help round out that range of the spectrum.
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post #83 of 201
2/20/12 at 11:39am
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Well the guys at rapid are cool, and they said I can pretty much put any color led I want into my order. So I'm thinking about maybe using a few regular blues, the rest royal, 6 cool white, 6 neutral white.

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post #84 of 201
2/20/12 at 11:49am
Sounds like a good place to start. Thats pretty much the same combo that Meowzer is using and she seems pretty happy with it.
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post #85 of 201
2/20/12 at 11:52am
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Okay, well I guess i'll try to get that ordered sometime later this week, payday is wensday, so i'll have some money to spend.
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post #86 of 201
2/20/12 at 1:11pm
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Originally Posted by xandrew245x View Post

Right now, there is nothing in my tank but live rock, and as of now it has no yellowing color. I think i'm going to go with 6 cools and 6 nuetrals, I can always change them later if I don't like them I guess.

I talked to my fiance and shes really urging me to build these lights, so I guess I should really to it ;)


Gotta love when you get the ok from the MRS.  lol

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post #87 of 201
2/20/12 at 5:49pm
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So I got my aluminum today.

 

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All wrapped up

 

 

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There she is, going to home depot tomorrow to get the nuts and bolts to put it together, then its time to order the led kit!

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post #88 of 201
2/20/12 at 7:13pm

Nice frame!   thumbsup.gif

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post #89 of 201
2/20/12 at 7:14pm
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Thank you! I hope the 1" strips are wide enough for the stars to fit on, I just now realized how big the stars are. My aluminum strips are 1" wide.

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post #90 of 201
2/20/12 at 7:21pm

The stars are 20mm or 3/4" wide.  They'll fit.

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post #91 of 201
2/20/12 at 7:25pm
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Okay awesome, I was looking at the dimensions of the actual led...and didn't realize that until now, that it wasn't the star. At least it works out still!

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post #92 of 201
2/22/12 at 4:42am
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So, I was thinking since this fixture will be exposed to water evaporation, do you think using nylon nuts and bolts would be a good idea?

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post #93 of 201
2/22/12 at 5:37am

Im gonna use stainless steel bolts and nylon washers/spacers on mine

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post #94 of 201
2/23/12 at 5:12am
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Anyone know where I can get the typhon controller? On Boost's website it says they are temporary unavailable.
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post #95 of 201
2/23/12 at 5:49am

Boostled dot com

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post #96 of 201
2/23/12 at 6:12am
I think they temporarily took them down because of the problems that me and a couple of other people were having with the compatibility in regards to some of the meanwell drivers.

They were actually created for a diy project and never intended to be sold commercially. You can eithr build one yourself or maybe check ebay. If not then looknto the Dim4.
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post #97 of 201
2/23/12 at 6:56am
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I wouldn't mind building one myself, but I'm not sure how too.
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post #98 of 201
2/23/12 at 7:00am

Ive been reading up on building one myself on the big forum.  My problem is getting a pair of the boards and getting all of the stuff to put on the boards.

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post #99 of 201
2/23/12 at 7:22am
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What kind of board do you need to build one? I don't really wan to go with the dim4 because of the price.

 

I may just drop the idea of a controller and use a manual dimmer switch and put them on timers.

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post #100 of 201
2/23/12 at 8:10am

The file for the boards the typhon is built on can be found on the big site.  I can send you the file link after awhile if you want to look at it.  It was designed to be sent to a shop to have the board cut for ya and then you can put all the parts on it yourself.  They said you can build one for 20-35 bucks for the total project.  Ive been thinking I may do that route anyways just because I like the thought of being able to say ,I built it.

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