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Originally Posted by phasezero
Here is an option
Removed WW added more TV option
Channel A: 6 RB Es + 6 CB @ 1000mA meanwell 48D
Channel B: 12 RB XT-E @ 1500mA meanwell 48D
Channel C: 6 XPG CW + 3 XPG NW + 3 NW Es @ 1500 mA meanwell 48D
Channel D: 12 TV @ 700mA Inventronics or meanwell 48D * honestly you could save $18+ here just use a the non dimmable meanwell LPC-35-700. I never dim my TV's.
Kept your LED setup, rearranged strings option. This option only has your 3 XPG nw's underdriven, everything else is run @ or near their full capability.
Channel A: 6 RB Es + 6 CB @ 1000mA meanwell 48D
Channel B: 12 RB XT-E @ 1500mA meanwell 48D
Channel C: 6 XPG WW + 6 XPG CW @ 1500mA meanwell 48D
Channel D: 6 TV + 3 Es NW + 3 XPG NW @ 700mA meanwell 48d or inventronics
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Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it. BTW, your light build looks outstanding.
Here's some of what I was thinking when I planned this out. I was going with those 3 Inventronics drivers because I already have those from my first DIY LED build and I was just going to reuse them. Also, I was going to use those, even though they drive at 700mA, merely out my concern for roasting everything in my tank (mostly LPS with some SPS) since the water depth is just under 7"; I'm not sure if it would be worth the hassle to sell those drivers and get 1000mA drivers and then have to keep those 1000mA drivers dimmed really low.
My mounting concern was exactly as you had noted: the possibility of color banding. I was planning on using the 6"x9" RapidLED drilled/tapped heatsink (because I really don't want to drill a heatsink again) but I'm not quite sure if those 24 LED locations on that heatsink would be tight enough to prevent the color banding. Perhaps it would be a better idea to use their undrilled heatsink and just group the LEDs tightly together and attach them using adhesive? My only concern, which I'm not sure if it's justified, with doing that is that the adhesive is really permanent; what if my initial grouping of the LEDs looked unattractive once over the tank, is there a way to remove the LEDs once adhesive has been used?
Regarding the TV, I'll make the move to 12 of them. Are you driving yours at 700mA?