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^ In redfishsc's thread, he mentions that aquastyle LED's use the bridgelux emitter but I agree that the company bridgelux would likely not want...
12 days and counting til the midseason premier~! [IMG] Can't wait for some more zombie action! Chiller had a 24 hour zombie movie marathon a...
Anyone else love the bad joke eel? I think it is awesome, the eel has this wonderful look like someone that just told a really bad joke and is...
That is great! Good job and thanks for sharing! I wasn't able to find any plots for the 'chinese' leds, have you ever looked at the cheap import...
cool! I have been toying with the idea of plopping a black molly in my tank.
Thanks for the help! I don't have a multimeter right now definitely should pick one up though :), but I can't see how it could be the driver. I...
Limestone is CaCO3 which is the same as aragonite (CaCO3) just a slightly different crystal structure so it 'shouldn't' make a difference in that...
It is a whole kit, it comes with two maxwellen drivers which can run between 12-20 LEDS. Previously they were running 16 LEDs on each driver with no...
I took out the ones that wouldn't go full blast, I had to add in a couple whites and rewire a bit so that the drivers had the appropriate # of LED's,...
I replaced the burnt ones (4 of them) and the lights turn on now but they still won't increase?? They are stuck on low... any ideas? I resoldered...
Are you saying that in response to my bolded question? Some go full blast while others are just sort of glowing when I test them. If they are burnt...
After a break I was able to get back to the light with a clear head. I resoldered the connections between the LEDs and the drivers for both the blues...
yeah, I feel like I may have made things worse. When I resoldered the wires and plugged it in, they all came on. Then i started messing with the...
I have other loose connections in the strip because now some will go on and some won't but when I test them they all work. I think I need to step...
I found the loose wire, it was the one connecting the led line to the driver. So I reattached it and they all turn on now, but they are all stuck on...
yeah i get that hum on my other driver when it dimmed way down as well. I tested the leds and they all work. I just soldered some wire onto a...
The driver is definitely working, I can hear a slight hum when I plug it in. sigh...I wish I had the tester lol. I am sitting here staring at this...
Thanks, I guess I will go and get one tomorrow. It looks like there is some char on one of the solders...not sure if that means that that one is...
thanks, I don't have the tester unfortunately. Is there any other way to test the leds? I will try to redo some of the potential problem solders...
So I got my 90 degree optics in today, i have been running the fixture no problem for the last couple weeks with no optics. I attach the optics,...
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