tank build journal FijiReefRock.com

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Here is what I accomplished late last night...

Drilling the holes needed on the LED emitters and the heatsink then placing the LEDs on then the lenses goes on..

Placing scotch tape on the face of the LEDs keeping the emitters from finger marks and dust as I learned i n the past how to kill the LEDs


Not sure why the lighter was in that picture


On to drilling 2 holes in each LED using a press drill



Now placing the LED on the heatsink to mark for drilling into the heatsink.



Now marking it




Into the drill press...was painful and frustrating doing all those heatsinks one at a time but had to finish



And voila



Chine clean the heat sinks and the back of the LEDs for assembly...



Excuse me as I cannot remenber the name of this electronic piece ...I will just call it temperature set breaker for now,its purpose is to break the circuit between the driver and the LED to save it as if by any chance the fan on the heatsink fails.Hope that made sense..



The above part will be soldered to the + side of the LED.
below is the soldered - side of the LED



There you see it soldered to the + LED side with the shrink tape waiting to slip through



I left out some micro detailed information if anyone is interested please let me know and I will be happy to get into specific details...

Tonight I will glue the lenses on and put the fans in place and possibly wire some of the LEDs and test over the tank..