Very new question, diy led kits

I am in need of upgrading my lights from my stock lighting and am looking at these:

Drilled and Tapped 4.25" x 23" Heat Sink for 36 LEDs

36 Premium LED Do-It-Yourself Retrofit Kit

I've crunched the numbers and it's enough lighting, I'm just curious if that's all I need to buy to set everything up. Also, I know nothing about the drivers, do they have built in connections for the power cords or is that more wiring I have to do. Are they easily concealed, do people usually hide them in some sort of generic project box?

I have the tools I need, just hope these are all the supplies I would need. I have more questions but will stop here for now.

Thanks in advance!

 

heres a diy post made awile ago but i belive you can get some good info from there or PM him directaly. P.S. good luck


http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/...-actinic-supplement-48-light-strip-92290.html

 

Feel free to take a look here too and/or ask me any questions. Been through is rodeo :
http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/diy-dimmable-rapidled-kit-converting-mhs-96138.html

You will have to wire the power cords, but that's the simple part. You'll get a power cord in the kit and there are power wires coming out of the driver. You can hide them however you choose; lots of options there. The drivers are not that big.

 

Both of those threads are the two I would have sent you to. Everything you need to know should be in there.

 

Nate,
You may also want to consider using dimmable drivers...this will allow you to control intensity...with each driver/LED array dimmable you can control the final lighting "colour" as well...more blue, more white etc...