Macna submersible not moonlights?vid

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  1. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Who says! Haha.

    I couldn't think of anyway I'd ever use them other than as moon lights. So I modified them to plug into my R2 Solutions Moonlight controller and viola! They are now a 12VDC submersible bar of moonlight that waxes or wanes at my command. mwahahahahaha! ;D

    120 second video. Controller in manual mode and I run through off-25-50-75-100% and then back down. Room is dark so it's not just a black box. Click on it :)

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  2. Dingo

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    Very cool! Pictures!? :)
     
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  3. reefmonkey

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    Video coming up in a bit. :)
     
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    Wow! You have some DIY skills. I still haven't thought of a use for mine. It seems like they're between moonlight and accent.
     
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  5. m2434

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    Cool, great work! Was dimmed all the way down? They look like some seriously bright moonlights :)
     
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  6. reefmonkey

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    Thanks Mike.

    Thanks. LOL yeah at 100% they are bright but the controller allows me to run them and peak at any percentage of power I choose, so I have them set to come on at 10%, rise to 35% and fall back to 10.

    Also, they are designed to run 15vdc out of the box but I have them cut down to 12 because that is all the controller can handle. So even at 100% power they aren't as bright as they should be.
     
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  7. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    How did you wire it up? im wondering if my moonlights can be hooked up to that controller.
     
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  8. reefmonkey

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    I didn't do anything special really. Just used a multimeter to find + and -, bought some jack plugs from Radio Shack that would fit the controller and made a few cuts and a couple solders.
     
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    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    hmm now im interested lol it looks pretty cool.
    that controller is only like 30 bucks so i might give this a whirl. good job!
     
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