zozo
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After a year dimmin all manualy i decided to go for an automated setup..
Ordered me 5 COB LED spots compatible with DC12 volt, following the specs they should be 12 Watt and +/- 1000 lumen each.. Since they are DC 12 volt compatible they should be smoothly dimmable with a PWM controller. Today i got my TC420 in the mail and got me a DC 12 volt 60 watt LED driver. That would be total 60 watt leds with a total output +/- 5000 lumen.
All tested succesfull, it runs like a charm..
Where it all is gona go is here For now this still runs on 220 VAC GU10 spots and a manual variac dimmer.. Quite a hassle to do this manualy every day in and out.. 5000 lumen seems to be a lot above a low tech, so it probably will never run 100% as of now i have no idea, because the lights will hang pretty high above the tank..
So i have to rewire the whole bunch and fit in the little MR16 lamp base which is quite a bit smaller than the GU10 lamp base inside the spots now. Could have go for GU10/MR16 adapters, but these are no go, because of the lenght of the spot. So i have to make my own addapters to screw in the ceramic lampbase.
Glue would work as well, but i just a nerd who wants to screw everything..
The idea is 3 different colors, the far right spot will be 2700k (yellow) Just for the fun of it, the far right also is the east side of the tank.. This spot will function as the sunrise light slowly dimming up from dusk till noon. During this time from right to left spot 2,3 and 4 which are 8000k will slowly come up as well. As from the late afternoon everything will slowly fade away towards spot number 5, which is a 6000k.. This will stay on to resamble a moonlight.. The fun off it all is, the TC420 LED Timer controller, will do it all automated..
Alreadey gave that all a try manualy and it looks kinda awsome.. It gives a nice shimmer and different colors and falling shades during the light cycle..
I shall try to make a small journal with pictures how it all is build and what materials and tools are used. All stuff will be hardware store materials available to everyone, none of it is from an LFS.
But first i need to dismantle the whole light fixture above the tank and rebuild it.
So stay tuned, to be continued.
Ordered me 5 COB LED spots compatible with DC12 volt, following the specs they should be 12 Watt and +/- 1000 lumen each.. Since they are DC 12 volt compatible they should be smoothly dimmable with a PWM controller. Today i got my TC420 in the mail and got me a DC 12 volt 60 watt LED driver. That would be total 60 watt leds with a total output +/- 5000 lumen.
All tested succesfull, it runs like a charm..
Where it all is gona go is here For now this still runs on 220 VAC GU10 spots and a manual variac dimmer.. Quite a hassle to do this manualy every day in and out.. 5000 lumen seems to be a lot above a low tech, so it probably will never run 100% as of now i have no idea, because the lights will hang pretty high above the tank..
So i have to rewire the whole bunch and fit in the little MR16 lamp base which is quite a bit smaller than the GU10 lamp base inside the spots now. Could have go for GU10/MR16 adapters, but these are no go, because of the lenght of the spot. So i have to make my own addapters to screw in the ceramic lampbase.
Glue would work as well, but i just a nerd who wants to screw everything..
The idea is 3 different colors, the far right spot will be 2700k (yellow) Just for the fun of it, the far right also is the east side of the tank.. This spot will function as the sunrise light slowly dimming up from dusk till noon. During this time from right to left spot 2,3 and 4 which are 8000k will slowly come up as well. As from the late afternoon everything will slowly fade away towards spot number 5, which is a 6000k.. This will stay on to resamble a moonlight.. The fun off it all is, the TC420 LED Timer controller, will do it all automated..
Alreadey gave that all a try manualy and it looks kinda awsome.. It gives a nice shimmer and different colors and falling shades during the light cycle..
I shall try to make a small journal with pictures how it all is build and what materials and tools are used. All stuff will be hardware store materials available to everyone, none of it is from an LFS.
But first i need to dismantle the whole light fixture above the tank and rebuild it.
So stay tuned, to be continued.