225 Gallon DIY LED BUILD Tank Shots with New True Violet Modification.

[AquaticFinatic]

Whens this gonna be done???

Just kidding She's a beast and should be sweet when its fully up and running.

[themastr]

To be honest I could have done about 80 % of it today and monday but ran out of Artic Silver 5 and won't get any till wednesday or so. I can't leave cause I'm on call and can only go to Edmonton (which is 2 hours away) after work on Wednesday. This sucks!!! This was my plan for the long weekend.

Erick

[themastr]

Hey guys

So I bought this wire stripper made by Paladin Tools (pricey but worth every Penny !$100) I stripped about 400 wires in 30 mins. Amazing. Use to take me hours doing that before. I will post a photo now.

take a look.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/29981...BUILD?h=77ee11

I will also start epoxying the optics before I solder cause it won't sit flush if I solder first.

I'll keep you posted.

thanks
erick

[Milad]

Originally Posted by themastr

Hey guys

So I bought this wire stripper made by Paladin Tools (pricey but worth every Penny !$100) I stripped about 400 wires in 30 mins. Amazing. Use to take me hours doing that before. I will post a photo now.

take a look.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/29981...BUILD?h=77ee11

I will also start epoxying the optics before I solder cause it won't sit flush if I solder first.

I'll keep you posted.

thanks
erick

Can you link the stripper? Why was it so easy to do 400 wires with it in 30mins?

[themastr]

Hey milad what do you mean Link the stripper? Like where I got it? or a video on how it works?

let me know

thanks
Erick

[jthunder]

Nice looking build, I'm midway through my build as well, just got the LEDs all fired up and tested for the first time tonight. I've got a 240g 6' x 24"x 26" and I'm doing 84 LEDs (42 XM-L Cool Whites and 42 XR-E Royal Blues) running off a meanwell HLG-240-48A. I'm not planning on doing optics, but I'm really interested to see how your build works out.

Cheers!

[Milad]

Originally Posted by themastr

Hey milad what do you mean Link the stripper? Like where I got it? or a video on how it works?

let me know

thanks
Erick

link to it on the paladin site would be good
Also how does it work, why is it better than the other strippers?

[themastr]

Hey Milad

Here is the link,

http://www.paladin-tools.com/view_to...&parent_id=169

This stripper is fast and easy to use. The one thing I like about it is it doesn't bend my wires while I hold it. Usually I have to hold the wires so I can cut a small part of the tip. but this one here just cuts it smoothly. all my wires are still straight with no bends.

Easy and a life saver. I saved tons of time. Approx ($100)

Thanks
Erick

[themastr]

So I finished mounting all the LEDS and now just need to wire the CW and NW. I am waiting for color coded wires so it's easier for me to trouble shoot. I also got a hanging bracket welded and constructed out of aluminium angle brackets. Take a look at the photos.
Tomorrow I will see if I can ohm test all the wires I've done so far. Then maybe fire up the RB. We will see.
I used a hot glue gun to temporarily hold the wires in place. I will epoxy the wires later on once everything is tested and working. I will then glue on the 60 degree optics and then coat everything with Super Dope ( supposed to prevent any arching I think ! ) Hopefully it will work. LOL


http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/29981...BUILD?h=77ee11

Let me know if you guys have any other cool Ideas I can use for the build.


thanks
erick

[lpsreefer]

wow, it looks good! looking forward to see what it looks like on!