baker.shawn

Allot has been done since my last update and I’m happy to say the light is working! And hanging!

I made my black acrylic housings what allow for a piece of glass to slide in, this will protect from spray and splashing.

I used U channel aluminum to attach the 2 units together and hung it with my existing hanging kit from my old fixture.


My drivers have been adjusted to 1000mA XP-G and 800Ma XP-E and mounted on a thin piece of ply under my stand,its getting a little tight down there.
Next I hooked up my dimmer to the drivers and wired my light units to the drivers...and that was it! All done!




All the wiring its temporary with shrink tube, I need to make the wires longer and add connectors but that will be done latter, I also need to add on the lenses which is going to change the lighting pattern I’m probably going to have to raise up the light, currently they are about 6” from the water. Finally I’m going to waterproof the fixtures sealing between the acrylic and heat sink with black silicone and adding my glass covers

I’m still trying to decide how I’m going to control my lights...I think I may just cave and buy 2 ALC units...it’s going to max out my 4unit limit on my rkl but it will be easier and if I put a value on my time also cheaper

Once I’m totally done I’m going to make a concluding write-up and then a post summarizing the build!

Im also considering building units for others...i just don’t want to assume responsibility if something were to happen.

oh yeah and im also fighting cyano