Hadiosbourne's Cree LED build

Hi Guys,
I recently joined this forum, looks like a fun place to dig into
I thought its a good idea to share the latest project i was busy with,
it gives a good idea to the people who want to move to LEDs.
Its following shortly

 

Here is the detail of my Build:

14 x royal blue on Driver 1 48P set on 1200mA

13 x Cool White on Driver 2 48P set on 1100mA

4x UV + 3x Cyan + 3x Red + 2 Royal Blue on Driver 3 48P set on 700mA


And the Typhon Controller

 

spoil us with Pics please

 

I know its a tropical forum, but sooner or later you guys will start your marine system, so its a good idea to start with good and valuable knowledge,
For cooling down the LEDs you'll need to place them on a heatsink, the LEDs look like the following when placed on heatsink

 

Here is the picture of the Typhon LED controller with the Project box

 

Here is the final controller

 

Here is the tank with LEDs installed

 

Id rather give up keeping tanks altogther...

 

lol zoom..
led lighting looks cool but not really my turf

 

Nice .. so you have an arduino and if you do not like the functionality you can change it to your own desire ... one thing that is simple to add would be a temp sensor on the heatsink, means you could driver the LED's harder and switch them off to a lower intensity if they get hot.

Assuming this is the same kit Typhon LED Controller Kit by BoostLEDâ„¢ if you can get you hands on some of the includes.

Sounds like a nice little project indeed.

Later Ferdie

 

@hadiosbourne where do you source your led's from?

 

thats right, its has BoostLed controller and rapidled Crees on,

The tempreture sensor is a brilliant idea, will look into it,

As it stands, my drivers are running on 75% of their power, and the the LEDs on 60% maximum , so i don't really have heat issue,

But its a neccassity to keep the LEDs safe, they are bloody expensive!!

 

From RapidLED.com

 

Here is the tank without LEDs, the difference is huge!! LEDs are the best thing ever, you have too see it for yourself to believe, Its by far better than any sort of lights in the market.