my LED is done and WOW!!!!!

[spamreefnew]

Well I just got my diy led fixture finished up about 3 hours ago and I must say that this has been the best money I have spent in the hobby!:) I am very very happy with the results. The white light is intense with a very natural look and the blue is out of this world! Not to mention the shimmer(almost to much shimmer)! The products I got from rapid and heatsnkusa are top-notch as well. If I could just go back in time a few years I would have chosen to build a led rather than messin with the halides and power compacts and all the replacement bulbs. After seeing the cree led's in action don't think I could ever go back to traditional lighting of any kind.

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED ALONG THE WAY!

and feel free to ask any questions about the build/light...:celeb3::bounce1::celeb3:

[sasharotty]

ummmmmmmmmm pics please!

[spamreefnew]

every time i try to post pics from my new cam it says "file to large" can someone help as I stink at the computer stuff (simple steps please)

[kcress]

Go here and download this outstanding little program:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pictureresizer.html

Place it on your desktop.

Rename it:
PhotoResize800.exe

Then drag any picture or directory with pictures in it on top of the icon.

The program will do an excellent reduction to 800 wide by whatever is required to keep from distorting the image.

It won't effect the originals at all. It creates new reduced images with the same name and "-800" appended to the image names.

If that still leaves too large an image you can reduce the 800 by whatever.

[kcress]

What are the specs of your build??

[daveonbass]

PICS!!!! we need them. ;)

[IMM3DOORSDOWN]

or try photobucket.com

[shackscs]

Pic please!!!

[JW3571]

How much did end up costing you?

[spamreefnew]

It is a 24 ultra premium led kit with constant current drivers and a 8.5"x11" heat sink. no optics yet hanging about 6" above rim of 45 g cube tank. thanks for the program I will work on the pics in a little bit.