PVH DIY LED Light Hood for 12 G Nano Cube

[pvh]

So I have a 12 G nanocube with a blown ballast and PC. I decided to use some high power, 3 Watt each, LEDs. I just got some in yesterday and tested it out. This is one crazy bright LED! I just ordered some more so stay tune for the finish product.

Just a sample test.

This is with it powered up. I had to adjust the exposure to get this to show. I went blind looking directly at it. Kinda like a mini MH bulb.

This is what it looks like on the tank. I will be adding more LEDs and blue LEDs.

 

[jbishop]

This is going to be cool.

 

[brokereefer]

nice peter !!! thats crazy bright

 

[Brian92]

Very cool

How many LEDs are you using? I'm planning on doing something similiar to your plan but on a Minibow 5 using 3 Watt Cree Leds

Here are some good LED thread I've found

You probably know most of the stuff in the threads hope it helps though

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=134394&hl=

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=165850&hl=

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=138608&hl=

 

[reefer125g]

That LED is bright nice score!

 

[triggerhappy]

Can you run a system on led lights only (like the powerbrites from Current)?

 

[afboundguy]

Jeeze, you said it was bright but dang that's bright!!!

<---need shades to look

 

[sciknen]

Can you run a system on led lights only (like the powerbrites from Current)?

yea solaris i think makes huge ones like for bigger tanks..also ridiculous amounts of money

 

[sciknen]

i kinda want to do this too..so this is gonna be my learning thread..how much did the LEDs cost you?

 

[swampy]

great

Great!! Can't wait to see it in action. I've been planning a possible upgrade myself and have been reading all the threads on this type of mod over at nano-reef. Good luck Peter and let us know how it turns out.

 

[pvh]

i kinda want to do this too..so this is gonna be my learning thread..how much did the LEDs cost you?

That one gives out 430 lumens cost me $19. I'm estimating that with all the LEDs I'm going to be using and the current drive circuit and power supply it's going to run me around $150 in parts.

Great!! Can't wait to see it in action. I've been planning a possible upgrade myself and have been reading all the threads on this type of mod over at nano-reef. Good luck Peter and let us know how it turns out.

I will post more once I get all the LED in.

Stay tune.

 

[sciknen]

i love that my dad works for Oram Sylvania aka..free Mh and free LEDs lol

the Mh he got me were liek 2500k really yellow

 

[Jennifer]

That is sweet Pete .
Way to go on a cool idea.

Keep us informed of the progress.

 

[pvh]

OK...so I finished building my DIY LED Light for my Nano. From my estimate the output is equivalent to a 120W-150W MH between 12k-14k color. I can't wait to get the light meter to see how muuch par I get from it. It draws about 21W. I have 3 small fans running for those hot summer days, but I'm sure I won't need it with this LED Light.

This is what it looks like under the hood. I will have a cover on it to protect it from splash.

This is all the LEDs turn on. I had to set the exposure to -2 in order to get a decent picture.

This is with only the blue LED.

This is what it looks like with just the white LEDs on. Sorry I didn't get a chance to clean the glass.

 

[pvh]

This is with both white and blue LEDS turned on.

I also added a dimmer to the Blue LEDs.

 

[Miller]

That is pretty freakin awesome Peter!

 

[pvh]

That is pretty freakin awesome Peter!

Thanks Barry. I can't wait to start filling it up and see how the LED perform with some SPS.

 

[melc]

that's amazing! Jared was actually telling me about this experiment of yours last night. It's really cool =) good luck with everything!

 

[afboundguy]

Peter sweet job... You're def going to need shades for the corals... I had spots in my eyes untill we got to B's that day. It'll be cool to see how it looks with rocks and corals...

 

[swampy]

Great mod, can't wait to see how the corals like it.