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Old 03-31-2015, 12:59 AM
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Hey folks,

New to these fourms, I'm in Ontario and starting to build some LED fixtures for my 55g tank.

I'm basically building the RapidLED 36 Ultra Premium, however I'm sourcing all my parts to do it, preferably from Canada. As I'm sure you all know, our dollar is taking a beating and ordering from RapidLED costs and arm and a leg after the monetary conversion for something that is a great price in USD.

I'm looking for Meanwell ELN-60-48D drivers.

If anyone knows where to get these in Canada that would be great.


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Old 03-31-2015, 01:26 AM
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It's been a little while since I looked but when I built LEDs there were no Canadian sources
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It's been a little while since I looked but when I built LEDs there were no Canadian sources
I knew that was coming.....I was just really hoping......haha

Ahh well, bite the bullet I guess.



I will be posting my progress on the DIY thread once I get it started. Ive got everything but the drivers I want.
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I got some mean well power supplies from electro sonic. Fast shipping as well. They were cheaper then anywhere else I found in canada
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Old 03-31-2015, 03:21 AM
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https://www.e-sonic.com/product-deta...tml?p=37809828
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I got some mean well power supplies from electro sonic. Fast shipping as well. They were cheaper then anywhere else I found in canada

I just checked out the site. Seems likely a really good deal for the drivers.

Everything in good shape when you got it? I like fast shipping. Customer service decent?

Thanks for the post!
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Excellent. Lol. Got my first order in 2 days and I live in a small town in Alberta. And last order I put in I ordered the Friday and had it the Monday. Packaged well. I ordered The hlg-100h-24's to replace some bad power supplies for my light. They are waterproof as well and only $68.
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Oh and mine came that fast and we're shipped out of California.
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Excellent. Lol. Got my first order in 2 days and I live in a small town in Alberta. And last order I put in I ordered the Friday and had it the Monday. Packaged well. I ordered The hlg-100h-24's to replace some bad power supplies for my light. They are waterproof as well and only $68.
Nice nothing wrong with that.

Now I guess its time to look a bit closer at my build since I can get drivers haha

I think im gonna go with 2 eln 60-48d drivers, 4 strings of 9 LEDs and have each driver do 2 strings running in parallel.

Time for the drawing board tomorrow....kind of excited haha
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Not sure if it fit's your build, but I may have 2 HLG-185H-42B drivers that I'm not using...
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