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Zakk
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LED system is finally in place, the entire tank running all the lights and pumps etc is 480W, it used to be ~900. The best part? The tank temp dropped 4 deg. I was always tipping 83+ in the summer, and had considered a chiller. Now I'm a steady 79 deg, in fact the heater came on 2 days ago for the first time since feb. I have 7 heatsinks for the LEDs and just put on 4 big PC case fans, they're now running cool, no heat in the canopy at all. I did so many heatsinks so that I could direct the lights a lot better than if I did one or two big sinks.
Just thought some might be interested in the heat issue, my old setup had metal halides and power compacts
I have 84 bulbs now on 7 heatsinks. Here are shots of the canopy (lots not done like getting the wires out of the way, and adjusting angles just right) and a few shots of the corals under the blue bulbs.
Just thought some might be interested in the heat issue, my old setup had metal halides and power compacts
I have 84 bulbs now on 7 heatsinks. Here are shots of the canopy (lots not done like getting the wires out of the way, and adjusting angles just right) and a few shots of the corals under the blue bulbs.