Grizz's 8' - 300 gal + 60 gal + 30 gal OMG Build!!

[The Grizz]

UPDATE:

Got my light rig up & running........click on the pic & it should work.




Pic of the heat sinks I built as well as the driver bank.

[The Grizz]

Profilux 3ex all set up:



Profilux Touch mounted & running:



Profilux power bars & touch interface mounted & running:

[The Grizz]

Still need to find the right spot for my Profilux 4 pump doser & get a VorTech Control module as well as a PLM-PWC expansion card to wireless control the GHL Mitra that I am going to put over the 60 gal cube.

[The Grizz]

Added some fans into the door that cover the drivers for my DC pumps to keep them cool and hopefully extend there life. Going to do the same with my LED drivers.

[gregzz4]

Good plan Greg

Holee crap that's a lot of pump drivers

If you don't mind a suggestion for aesthetics, you could put mesh on the fans side of the door, between the fans and the door. Bug screen or something, and no screws on the outside

I know you've already drilled the holes, but you could still fill them in, or just rotate them and drill again ...

Unless you like the fan guards on the outside

I used black fibreglass bug screen for mine

[StirCrazy]

Greg, can't quite tell from the picture but are the fans blowing in or out, or a mix? also is there any open space to let air in or out of the cabinet to make up for the fans?

what I have found is it is always better to use fans to suck the air out of the area you want cooled, and to set up the air intake so the fans basically pull the new air over the parts you want cooled.

I also try hide both intakes and exhausts especially if there is light in the cabinet as I don't want anything distracting the eye from the tank its self, and it may be me but light spillage drives me batty haha.

Steve

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Good plan Greg

Holy crap that's a lot of pump drivers

If you don't mind a suggestion for aesthetics, you could put mesh on the fans side of the door, between the fans and the door. Bug screen or something, and no screws on the outside

I know you've already drilled the holes, but you could still fill them in, or just rotate them and drill again ...

Unless you like the fan guards on the outside

I used black fibreglass bug screen for mine

I don't mind the fan guards on the outside as its on the far end of the tank near the closet & you can't see them unless you go right around the corner of the tank.

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

Greg, can't quite tell from the picture but are the fans blowing in or out, or a mix? also is there any open space to let air in or out of the cabinet to make up for the fans?

what I have found is it is always better to use fans to suck the air out of the area you want cooled, and to set up the air intake so the fans basically pull the new air over the parts you want cooled.

I also try hide both intakes and exhausts especially if there is light in the cabinet as I don't want anything distracting the eye from the tank its self, and it may be me but light spillage drives me batty haha.

Steve

Fans are blowing in as its the only way to really cool the power supplies enough, there is a 2" gap at the bottom of the doors where I will be putting some sort of grill for the aesthetics . The light in this area is only on when I want it on, I have 4 switches that control all the under cabinet LED's & upper cabinets independently.

[Baldy]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

this one got the attention of the tech geek/electrician/led freak/diyer in me. I used inventronics drivers on my led build as well and i love them. do you have your driver setup documented anywhere?

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Baldy

this one got the attention of the tech geek/electrician/led freak/diyer in me. I used inventronics drivers on my led build as well and i love them. do you have your driver setup documented anywhere?

Not really but I should have put it in my LED build thread. Simply put from left to right, black divers are for reds & greens, small silver drivers are for the high noon white's, first 2 large silver drivers are for the blues & last 2 large silver drivers are for the cool whites. Each row of LED's are controlled by the EVG boards, 2 rows of LED's per board all controlled by my Profilux 3ex controller.

[Delphinus]

Looks great Greg! Must feel nice to finally have them all transferred over.