Finally going to start getting the tanks together ... finances are not perfect but getting better so hopefully in a month I can have it up and cycling. (being realistic here)



My general numbers used for questions / concerns below:

• 300g stock tank filled with about 240 gallons of water (4" gap at top)
• 275 IBC split in 2 as GB's filled with 16" hydroton (110 gallons of hydroton in each half and 96-103gallons of water displaced when both are…

I was looking over my photos and was curious to know what exactly you would like to see in this assembly guide.

Currently I follow these steps per unit.

1. Preselect LED's for each "string" and put them in a breadboard so I can just grab them as I need them, not a necessary step but I still do it.
2. Start at string 1 and solder in the resistor after bending the leads.
3. Place each LED in the string in the board, make sure it lays flat, then bend leads…

This is to serve as a teaser while I compile the images I have take, two for each item soldered on so its a bit.



Also it should be noted this unit has not been tested beyond a short "pretest" of the LED's before soldering in place. I will try to get a working picture of this tomorrow when I solder on the main leads and the Jumpers for the other leads to jump to then next board.

This stated here is some goodness for you to look at. TLeft is 1, TRight is 2, BLeft is 3,…

Ok if you read my last blog post, and mainly the comments, you know I am still waiting for items to come in and I ran into a snag with the PCB hole spacing not being ideal for my ultra compact LED layout.

To review that is this layout

The problem is simple, if you place two LED's in with the anodes (positive side as indicated by the purple/pink…

Just ordered all the parts I will need to create my LED light project. This project will cover a area 6 x 8 if it is desired and will cost $760 in parts and run off a total of about 80watts. Based on my math this will pay for itself in a few years time based on energy savings alone over using HID lights.



There is a lengthy post in the Indoor lighting group with the reason behind why I chose this design over others. This is NOT made to be the only source of light but work in…