LED Help!

Discussion in 'LED Aquarium Lighting' started by SeminoleB, Aug 21, 2012.

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  1. SeminoleB

    SeminoleB Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Came home from work and my LEDs weren't on. Broke the light apart and ran the battery LED checker on each LED and found out that the only ones that wouldn't light up were the UVs. Is there a reason that the battery checker wouldn't light up the violets or are they my issue?
     
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  2. Reef Breeders

    Reef Breeders 3reef Sponsor

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    Those are the issue! What current did you run them at?
     
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  3. SeminoleB

    SeminoleB Coral Banded Shrimp

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    MeanWell 700 driver with some royal blues. Blues were 3w Crees. Only running 10 total leds
     
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