My First Led build

[Mr. Microscope]

Darn! That must have been devastating. Sorry to see that. +1 on getting any light you can in there. Even sunlight will help until you can get something better to replace it.

[Sir Patrick]

Got ya covered on a temporary light Jordan. Will drop off in the AM.

[MizTanks]

Don't give up-now you know what to do-truly gonna be a sweet lil fixture-hang in there darlin just think how many peps your going to be helping with this DIY. Now that's cool!!

[Corvette Reefer]

Well i got some light that should work for a little bit...ill have to see what i can do about these leds now..im not giving up im just bummed i lost all my money in this thing.... i do have some info tho about my light.... even with the leds 4 inches apart it gave great color filling! and also the color omg it looked amazing it wasnt yellow like one guy said it would be it was very nice blue white... woulda looked just stunning on my tank

[Corvette Reefer]

Well ordered the leds again should be here by wensday ill guess and also some thermal adhesive too... i got a question for hooking up a switch, so i know ur not suppose to hook up a switch to all the leds between the leds and driver which cause all them to fry but i like when i first go it working i had a idea of one switch placed on just the white leds between the leds and driver but only hooked up to white so the blue dont turn off so the dirver would go from 12 leds to 6, would this be safe to do? when i first hooked a switch up like this i worked fine, what shorted the leds was when i added a second switch to all 12 leds, not just the 6

[2pairs]

After buying the led's twice, I would just do it the the way it is supposed to be and you won't have to buy them three times.

[pjr]

Sorry to hear about the problems. How many LEDs did you loose?

[Corvette Reefer]

Yeah i def finally dont wanna lose them again

and i lost all 12 bulbs

[2pairs]

I think you want to turn them on and off separately and the best and safest way is to use separate drivers on each.
Just save up and get some more led's and a second driver, then put the blues on one and the whites on the other.

[Mike]

Hey Corvette,

I have the XRE series here. I am actually looking for help cleaning the garage out. I will go ahead and let you have the LED's you ned to get your project done. I am looking towards mid month to get down to business on the garage. I will be home in the eveening Tue, Wed, Thur so just let me know what you need and I will get it set aside. Send me a PM and let me know when you will be coming by. After you are out of school we can tackle the garage.

Mike