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09-29-2008, 02:22 PM
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Well I'm interested to see how this works out. What's the wattage on one of those lamps? How are you planning on powering it since it runs on 12V. Not sure if you thought of this but if you could find a 12V pump and heater you could run the tank on battery and just have a charger keep the battery charged.
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09-29-2008, 03:55 PM
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The lamps are actually 35Watts only unlike your standard Headlamp at 65Watt. I plan on running the light with a computer power supply I had kicking around 12v 28amp they reqiure 20 or over to fire then run at 3Amp. If i were to look for a 12v heater and pump im sure that would put me way over the 250 limit. I think that im going preety far out to creat this tank as it is.
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09-29-2008, 04:47 PM
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You can get RIO powerheads that run on 12V, range from about $10-40 depending on size. Not sure about the heater but I'm sure it could be done. By the sounds of things you would only need a 5A charger and fairly small battery. Battery powered reef sounds pretty cool.
Last edited by sphelps; 09-29-2008 at 04:49 PM.
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09-29-2008, 04:58 PM
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10-01-2008, 07:59 PM
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          The stand is made of an old Bell sighn (the blue oval) and the rest consists of an old night table laying around and some partical board. The mini power bar for the mini tank and a reworked computer power supply to power up the light.
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10-01-2008, 08:26 PM
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Ok so just going over my budget just want to check to make sure I have this right.
Lights if it is approved= $60 The maxi Jet i had kicking around its sells for $21.95 so i count it as=$16.50 The heater is from wallmart 25watts=$12=Free Compter supply i had kicking around I think they sell for $30ish=$20 The build material was all freebies and stuff kicking around the house plus I think that the building material was all free, correct? So my total as i sit is either $96.00 or $156.00 depending on the judges about the light
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10-06-2008, 01:14 AM
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Well the lights are blinding to look at (I love them in my truck every one and their brother flashes you but hey lol....) I dont know how well the light will go through the water but i guess it will be trial and error. I have it wired up to a some what heavy duty computer power supply but im going to have to do the wireing again due to the light not fireing right away (dont think its good for the light to stay in warm up mood for a long period of time). Im just working out all these bugs now so I can have water in this tank and running come 12:01Am Oct 15th lol. I think i should be ok for a cycle since the rock is going to be going in a bucket when I do a water change on my display tank and then water and rock are going into the awaiting nano. Hope every one is haveing fun with there build !!!
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