Wayne's 225

[waynemah]

Picked up the rest of what I needed from Marine Aquaria. They always seem to have stock on special items and Harvey went out of his way to help me out!

Huge thanks guys!

[waynemah]

Received some equipment today!

I'm quite impressed by the Skimz SM201, it's a sexy beast!



Several months into this hobby and I'm already WAY over my head.



Killer sump from Marine Aquaria (Super Dart Gold just fits beside it).

[mseepman]

your light idea is looking good...one issue the concerns me is that the ELN drivers are known to cause harmonic issues when you use more than a few of them together...which could result in your in-wall wiring heating up and potentially being a fire risk. There is a lot of info on this on the DIY led thread on RC. That's why many people are going with the HLG driver and going parallel instead of serial. I suggest you look into it before your build. Otherwise...looking awesome:-)

[waynemah]

I believe it'll be fine. I appreciate your concern, it's a good one for sure.

Essentially the harmonic and inrush issues come with startup. I'll only have two drivers come online at any given time. The Blue's will just dim at night and never really turn off and the whites will come on in pendant pairs (one driver per pendant for whites). I've read cases where people are powering 8 of these things without issues. I'm not sure I can change my order or design at this point, so I guess we will see.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by waynemah

Picked up the rest of what I needed from Marine Aquaria. They always seem to have stock on special items and Harvey went out of his way to help me out!

Huge thanks guys!

I've always been treated very well when I go there as well, it's nice when people know your name when you walk in a store.

I can't believe I missed this build thread... look great so far! I'm looking forward to seeing pics of it lit up with the LED's.

[waynemah]

Some progress on the build!

[lastlight]

Looking great what model skimz is that?

And you'd better be krylon-colouring those bright white threaded inserts

[waynemah]

The skimmer is Skimz - SM201.

I had another look today, those things are very bright white! Will they turn all green and nasty? or just to match the blacked out awsomeness?

[lastlight]

Lol I has thinking to match the black. Sorry and proceed please haha =)

[Zoaelite]

Subscribed!

Very interested to see how this puppy comes together, looks amazing at this point! Any ideas on a stocking list?