LED Group buy!
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Derek,
I ended up with 25 extra lenses in the bag you gave me. When we figure out what is going on with the 30W drivers, I'll get the extra lenses back to you.
I'm all wired up now, waiting on drivers
It's not very pretty (I ran three separate circuits for white, super blue, and blue, so the LEDs were staggered on the heatsink), but I think it'll all work when the right drivers show up.
The LED missing the lens is my blown white LED.
I ended up with 25 extra lenses in the bag you gave me. When we figure out what is going on with the 30W drivers, I'll get the extra lenses back to you.
I'm all wired up now, waiting on drivers
It's not very pretty (I ran three separate circuits for white, super blue, and blue, so the LEDs were staggered on the heatsink), but I think it'll all work when the right drivers show up.
The LED missing the lens is my blown white LED.
Here is a link with a calculator for just putting a resistor in series with your LEDs. I've used it before and it is good.
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
I have been talking with Felix trying to work something out. The problem is, he sent us what we ordered. They do not make a 30w driver at 750mA. I think the one everyone meant to order was the 36w which is driven at 750mA.
I tried to see if we could exchange them, I told felix I would pay for shipping, but it is more to ship them both ways than it is to order new ones.
He said the 30w will work if you use 18 3w LEDs, they will just be under driven (think of it like dimming to 50%), which is what a lot of people are doing anyway. Dan correct me if I am wrong, but aren't yours at 50% power right now?
I am not sure what to do at this point, Still trying to work something out with Felix though.
I tried to see if we could exchange them, I told felix I would pay for shipping, but it is more to ship them both ways than it is to order new ones.
He said the 30w will work if you use 18 3w LEDs, they will just be under driven (think of it like dimming to 50%), which is what a lot of people are doing anyway. Dan correct me if I am wrong, but aren't yours at 50% power right now?
I am not sure what to do at this point, Still trying to work something out with Felix though.
Derek,
We went through a broker to make sure we wouldn't be left in the cold. What kind of crap is Felix spewing now. First he said the drivers just had the wrong label, now the label is correct, but the drivers are wrong for our use? I was following Dan's comments in another thread, and he did confirm with Felix that this driver was appropriate for our use. Additionally, we bought everything from a single supplier so there is the implied warranty of fitness for use. It's not like we ordered 1W LEDs, everything we ordered was 3W.
Make sure you indicate with AliExpress that there is a problem with our order so they won't release escrow.
I'm not willing to experiment with these 30W drivers any more. I say push back hard. It's not our error.
We went through a broker to make sure we wouldn't be left in the cold. What kind of crap is Felix spewing now. First he said the drivers just had the wrong label, now the label is correct, but the drivers are wrong for our use? I was following Dan's comments in another thread, and he did confirm with Felix that this driver was appropriate for our use. Additionally, we bought everything from a single supplier so there is the implied warranty of fitness for use. It's not like we ordered 1W LEDs, everything we ordered was 3W.
Make sure you indicate with AliExpress that there is a problem with our order so they won't release escrow.
I'm not willing to experiment with these 30W drivers any more. I say push back hard. It's not our error.
I fired up my LED and it is over the tank. I got to say, I'm not too impress with it at the moment. I got 18 white (9 10k and 9 20k), 18 Royal Blue, and 18 Blue, there seem to be a lot of shadow especially toward the front of the tank and it is darker than my metal halide. They are on at 100%, but still dark.
