I decided to make some fancy nice lights for my Fuge.
I want the fuge to have more than just a little frag rack, so it needs some better lighting.
Plus this is a big experiment for new LEDs that may replace my main tank lights.
Otherwise I probably would have bought something off the shelf.
My fuge is about 50 Gallons, part of a 100G sump system.
LEDS
Fuge will have two Lumia 5.2 clusters.
Lumia 5.2:
Each has 5 channels:
Channel 1 - 3 Hyper Violet and 2 CREE XT-E Royal Blue (Actinic channel)
Channel 2 - Royal Blue (base blue spectrum)
Channel 3 - 3 XT-E Netural White and 2 XT-E Warm White (base white color)
Channel 4 - 2 Turquoise and 3 CREE XPE2 Blue (enhanced color spectrum)
Channel 5 - 3 Hyper Violet (430nm) and 2 True Violet (410nm) (Violet channel)
WHY THIS ONE ???
I like the Warm + Neutral white usage in particular, instead of Cool-white.
The other colors seem like they will fill in well.
Lots of violet.
So-so cost at $100 per cluster.
But if it does not look good, I have a few others I may test out.
Electronics:
The APEX will be the main level controller. One channel out, controls overall light level.
That 0-10V signal will go to a DIY Arduino board, which will convert that to PWM for each channel.
To tune each channel level, I will have a nice simple potentiometer knob, connected to the Arduino.
Then normal Meanwell LDD-HW LED drivers, connected to a good 48V power supply.
I want the fuge to have more than just a little frag rack, so it needs some better lighting.
Plus this is a big experiment for new LEDs that may replace my main tank lights.
Otherwise I probably would have bought something off the shelf.
My fuge is about 50 Gallons, part of a 100G sump system.
LEDS
Fuge will have two Lumia 5.2 clusters.
Lumia 5.2:
Each has 5 channels:
Channel 1 - 3 Hyper Violet and 2 CREE XT-E Royal Blue (Actinic channel)
Channel 2 - Royal Blue (base blue spectrum)
Channel 3 - 3 XT-E Netural White and 2 XT-E Warm White (base white color)
Channel 4 - 2 Turquoise and 3 CREE XPE2 Blue (enhanced color spectrum)
Channel 5 - 3 Hyper Violet (430nm) and 2 True Violet (410nm) (Violet channel)
WHY THIS ONE ???
I like the Warm + Neutral white usage in particular, instead of Cool-white.
The other colors seem like they will fill in well.
Lots of violet.
So-so cost at $100 per cluster.
But if it does not look good, I have a few others I may test out.
Electronics:
The APEX will be the main level controller. One channel out, controls overall light level.
That 0-10V signal will go to a DIY Arduino board, which will convert that to PWM for each channel.
To tune each channel level, I will have a nice simple potentiometer knob, connected to the Arduino.
Then normal Meanwell LDD-HW LED drivers, connected to a good 48V power supply.