ahhhhh. sleeeeepy.....
well i got it riged together, i will need to clean it up before it is "finished" but as of now it works GREAT!
a pic of the 492w coralife all opened up for work.
then i removed the ballast and re-routed the a/c power lead from the ballast to feed my new a/c to d/c 24v converter so it is on the same timer circuit as the remaining 96 CF.
then i laid in the heatsink assemblies with lenes and buckpucks installed. (sorry for the missed pics about building them, its easy just drill and tap, drill and tap, then solder and solder and solder)
then i installed some fans on each end of the fixture. (no pic because i may end up changing that to something more clean)
but i used an 12v 1.5 amp wall wort to power them and again that wall wort is spliced into the same timer as the CF and the LED converter)
pic with only one CF, then pic with led and CF. (leds on 1/2 power)
some are with lenses and some without. the outer most leds have 40degree lenses and then 80 degree lenses and then no lens because the rock work is piled up in the center. (there are two lenses to help support the heatsink on the clear cover)
pic of the hood installed on the tank and power supply on the side.
then pics of tank dimmers and light shots. fist pic is just one CF, and the next pic is with leds added to the CF at 1/2 power.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface or the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the water. And God said,"Let there be light", and there was light. God saw the the light was good.(And Ooo... so good it was, with all the power and intesity of 18 3 watt Cree XR-E high power emitters, Ooo...and it was good)
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fist pic is just one CF, and the next pic is with leds added to the CF at 1/2 power.
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