LED lights

[Ron99]

Hi,

They were just salvaged used heatsinks, not new retail ones. So no link, sorry. The one advatage is that they already have a whole bunch of mounting holes drilled and tapped in them so that makes it easier for me to mount them and possibly mount fans right on the heatsinks. There are lots of used heatsinks in different sizes available on eBay if you search. The only catch might be shipping to Canada. I have a mailbox just across the border in WA state that they were shipped to. Saved me something like $25 in shipping costs as they were heavy and no taxes or duties. Just a confused look from the border gaurd as I tried to explain what a heatsink was and what I was going to do with them

I haven't figured out eaxctly how I am going to wire them yet but they will be on 8 separate drivers (4 for whites and 4 for blues) so some will likely span heatsinks. I could probably put a connector in to go across heatsinks but they will all be mounted flush against each other in the housing. They are 15" long for a total of 45" in a 48" housing so I will just leave 1.5 inches on each end open. Right now I am trying to figure out how I am going to mount them in the housing. I'm a biologist, not an engineer Once I figure that out the wiring is the easy part.

[PACMAN416]

maybe L brackets to create a lip that the heatsinks can rest on? yeah, this is definitely out of my scope as well. you are lucky about the US address. i checked shipping form heatsinkusa for a 10wide x 30long, and it'll cost $125 for the heatsink, and $75 for shipping!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by PACMAN416

maybe L brackets to create a lip that the heatsinks can rest on? yeah, this is definitely out of my scope as well. you are lucky about the US address. i checked shipping form heatsinkusa for a 10wide x 30long, and it'll cost $125 for the heatsink, and $75 for shipping!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmm did you ask about shipping options.. I asked them about USPS ground and it was about 35 bucks for the shipping on a 10X28. never use UPS as there will ba a 35 buck extra charge from UPS to "clear customs"

Steve

[PACMAN416]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

hmm did you ask about shipping options.. I asked them about USPS ground and it was about 35 bucks for the shipping on a 10X28. never use UPS as there will ba a 35 buck extra charge from UPS to "clear customs"

Steve

I think it was USPS as well sigh. i will keep my eyes open for a heatsink.

[StirCrazy]

I was going to buy it anyways as I wasnted a one piece design, but ya there has to be something in Canada.


Steve

[RuGlu6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5l7...ayer_embedded#
Above is the video of LED lited SPS tank. He's got 3 ballasts so looks like 3 LED strips.

here is the store that sells them.

http://www.fish-street.com/weipro_led_lighting_led-c
Could it work for a Nano or a small cube tank ?

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5l7...ayer_embedded#
Above is the video of LED lited SPS tank. He's got 3 ballasts so looks like 3 LED strips.

here is the store that sells them.

http://www.fish-street.com/weipro_led_lighting_led-c
Could it work for a Nano or a small cube tank ?

I would say no. It says it's 180 LEDs and 21 watts so regular 5mm LEDs probably putting out very little PAR. Also, lifespan of those types of LEDs is iffy as they are very difficult to cool effectively. The tank in the video looks like it has T8s or something as well in addition to the LEDs.