diy led fixture/canopy

[axe_man16]

I am looking for some inspiration. So any links pictures of diy led fixtures or canopies.

I want to do up a diy led fixture for my tank and would like to conceal the wires as good as possible. Let's see it. Thanks!

[Snaz]

Most of the DIY builds I have looked at utilize an existing fixture. Rip the guts out of an old T5 system and mount heatsink and emitters inside reusing existing power cabling and some switching.

An excellent source of DIY LED are the forums at nano-reef.com regardless of tank size.

[waynemah]

Here is a quick one I whipped up using Modular LED.

The one thing that annoyed me was the blinding light you get out of the side when not using optics (this is limited when using U channel). The aluminium U channel is from Princess Auto and cost $36 for an 8 ft length. I run this fanless at about 110F (well within the limits).

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa364/waynemah/16F9A33D-FC9A-42BE-9D36-9654EEB7B71E-6071-0000077725833104.jpg

This is over a 72x30x24 tank, with no other lighting on (crappy cell phone pic). Raising the lighting about 8" off the water limits the light separation you see in the picture.

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa364/waynemah/D149615B-FDF1-4789-B68C-3AC2E582BE76-7065-000008607BF53E4C.jpg

And this is it supplementing my other DIY LED light.

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa364/waynemah/DSC_0408-1.jpg

[lpsreefer]

home depot has the u channels for 4.97 the double wide one are the same price but they are 10 feet long.
you can use tin foil strips to cover the light from spraying outwards.

[martinmcnally]

Check out the last page of my build:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=743540#post743540

Also take a look at our forum on here (Modular LED) there are a few builds in there. If you want to see the mother of them all look here:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80996&highlight=grizz+led

[axe_man16]

Some very nice setups!

[mike31154]

Not a canopy DIY but the aluminum angle rails I used to mount my multi chip LEDs could easily be adapted to canopy use. I purchased the aluminum angle at Princess Auto as well. There are different thicknesses of material that affects the cost of the aluminum stock. I used very thin aluminum since each LED has it's own heatsink with fan.

https://ojcrhq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pBUi6kgzt6N-QMwXMNdvGnitqk8Q8XetzZYG22HoxL6PMJ67DgE_yFZpQ85Tbi B1ZE8wwrd62BpXmb17SERuQZPaiQ7FyAmQO/P1040678e.JPG?psid=1

Haven't quite finished the frame, but it's dong the job of lighting up the tank quite well.

https://ojcrhq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCBK7c8udbb7wmMUyee89artbAtJzUpgAhK8lYKghVAYQ8_a xHTlNAZ1twqnzua4H4BZYrnuMRLDcwGqBXPMQI_3SyTTm8wBo/P1050443e.JPG?psid=1

If care to read more on the build, here's a link to the thread.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82206