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Old 03-21-2011, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
I have used the 3w blue leds and they work well, but I don't have any Royal Blues to compare with, but there is some info on nano-reef's that the two are almost identical. I am using the Sure drivers, cheap and seem to work well, but do get quite warm when run at close to capacity.

the leds are on a nano reef so just using a 24v laptop powersupply. The sure drivers are quite forgiving for voltage and you have a wide range depending on number of LEDS used.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3w-LED-Driver-MB...item3a6442f9f3
I'm new to leds's....what is the advantage of running those small 3w drivers(I'm assuming one per led?) over something like this this?
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