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02/20/2012, 07:25 PM | #451 |
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i had an email a couple days ago from him, my drivers are giving me problems. some blinking issue with both drivers.
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02/20/2012, 09:56 PM | #452 |
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This is the first time I've had an issue reaching him since dealing with him for the past 8 months
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02/20/2012, 10:18 PM | #453 |
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I gave up on ordering from them and went another direction.
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02/21/2012, 07:10 AM | #454 |
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I should receive my order this week it shipped within 5 days of being placed and my emails to Ray have always been answered the next day.
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02/21/2012, 07:45 AM | #455 | |
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02/21/2012, 07:53 AM | #456 |
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Ray didn't reply to any of my emails until i made an order yesterday and he reply in like few hrs. I think he is swamp by all the questions and i think he taking priority on people who already made orders and want to customize it.
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02/21/2012, 07:56 AM | #457 |
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02/21/2012, 08:16 AM | #458 | |
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I got my setup yesterday, took about a week from order to front door.
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02/21/2012, 09:20 AM | #459 |
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He might find he would receive more orders from those with questions as well if he would just answer all emails. I refuse to order until he answers my questions that I have emailed 4 times over the past 3 weeks. Very poor customer service if you ask me and I was a returning pleased customer from my last transaction.
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02/21/2012, 10:59 AM | #460 |
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I don't want the customary kits they have listed. I ordered my last two sets through him. I can't order what I want through the web site.
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02/21/2012, 11:58 AM | #461 |
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i order the 24 led kits and just customize the led for myself with the little box comment at the end of the check out. i went with 8RB, 2NB, 4 45k, 4 10k, 4 420 true violet.
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02/21/2012, 12:09 PM | #462 |
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KURO -- what size tank?
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02/21/2012, 01:04 PM | #463 |
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it for my 8g nano which im going to dim down like crazy then still used the light when i decide to upgrade to 20-30g cube.
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02/22/2012, 07:05 PM | #464 |
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I just finished my setup.
Compared to my 1.5 year old Phoenix bulb and my 120w chinese LED "black box". It is way brighter, and my corals have more POP to them. Now I am hoping that my corals will grow like they did under the MH's.
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02/22/2012, 07:52 PM | #465 | |
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02/23/2012, 08:35 AM | #466 |
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Will do this weekend.
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02/24/2012, 07:08 AM | #467 |
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Dread how is the controller, have you made any new thing?
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02/24/2012, 08:49 AM | #468 |
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Unfortunately no.. I have the circuit all planned out and materials here. Just been really busy trying to get stuff done before i leave for Minneapolis. I've also been checking with the staff on if its ok for me to order pcbs and sell them on here without being a vendor
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02/24/2012, 11:17 AM | #469 |
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Question, just put together a aquastyle kit for a friend, he used their drivers and pots, when powered are the pots supposed to dim the leds to 0, or do they just hit a minimal dimness. My leds use meanwell drivers that operate on 0-10v so they go completely off when at 0volts. thANKS
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02/24/2012, 07:50 PM | #472 |
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Heh, intention isn't to make money, just to make it easier on the others. I see group buys on here quite a bit so I'm guessing they're ok, just have to pay the additional shipping from me to the person :-P
As for when I'll have the schematics and everything online, probably 2nd week in march. I know the wait sucks, I just can't get around to that before hand, as I've been buried finishing projects up before leaving, don't feel like going through TSA with a bunch of home made electronics and flying them across the country, and I absolutely know I'll have some headaches to deal with once I get back too :-\
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02/27/2012, 12:33 PM | #474 |
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I have now decided that i am going to replace their drivers with these:
I don't need dimming, but this will reduce the amount of drivers i have on my rig, meanwell LPF-90d-48 since i have 72 leds from these guys, i will only need two drivers vs 4, 3 strings of 12 per driver. Anyone reading this thread and have a huge tank and are seriously thinking of these, keep in mind that if your tank is taller than 24 inches, you will need to keep the fixture close to the water surface and it would be better to keep the leds closer together to increase par. my original thought of 72 on my tank is just not enough, to cover the entire tank and get good par. rather than keep adding more bridgelux, i went with some xpg cool white(6) xpg NW (6) and xml cool white (6), so far i have no optics on the xml's and they are running at 1750 ma, the xp's are at 1000ma, i think i will add 10 more xml's and i'm done. again this is only for larger reefs, regular systems, nano's, breeders, 100-120 gallon systems will be just fine. if i had to order only bridgelux on my tank, i would have gone with 2x120 led kits. i believe this would have done the job well.
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Ok im about to order my kit thru Aquastyle and i want to know if there is a driver that is dimmable either with a potentiometer or a digital controller (apex for example). As of right now i do not have an Apex but i know its in my future. Aquastyle has this driver: MeanWell LPF-90D-48. does anyone know what the diff is between that one and the more common:MeanWell ELN-60-48D?? i know u can use a potenitometer with the ELN drivers but it has to have a 12v power source..so ill prolly just end up going that route...BUT it would be cheaper and more convenient for me if i could just use the reg potentiometers for now until i get my apex...anyone have any idea about this?? this is the info from the MeanWell LPF-90D-48:
Built-in 3 in 1 dimming function (1~10Vdc or PWM signal or resistance) ***(this is the part that confuses me, what does this mean? it sounds to me like it can be dimmed with either a reg potentiometer or a vdm??? idk im just guessing)*** Input Voltage: 110-240V AC Output Voltage: 28.8-48V DC Output Current: 1.88A Rated Power: 90W Waterproof IP67 Dimension: 161*61*36mm (L*W*H) (5.8"x1.6"x1.2") Specification: LPF-90D-48 also The user Dreads240 is he building something that will dimm the maxwellen drivers via a controller? (arduino) is it something he will be selling? im kinda confused by that past few posts..but thats what it seems like... that would be awesome and save me alot of $$ buying the meanwell drivers...any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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