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12-24-2011, 04:06 AM
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Wow that light is a beast . Great idea on the home made heat sink, aluminum is so sexy , wish i had a spool gun . When its all done can you stand it on end turn it up full blast and get a Friend to stand in front of it , i bet 10 bucks we will be able to see there skeleton , or they will be vaporized!
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12-24-2011, 04:08 AM
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12-24-2011, 06:26 AM
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Hmmmm,ex-partner????
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01-03-2012, 05:43 PM
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Hey there grizz I love this light.. But I have Been looking at the pics of the the heat sync that you built... Now I have been thinking of doing this myself... I may not know my metals... But I have been around a computer for a few years... Fryed a lot of chips over overclocking CPUs due to overheating.. Now I'm looking your heat sync and there is only 8 spot welds on them.. That's really the only place that is bonded... And may cause hot spots and kill LEDs in certain places... Just my thoughts..I was just taught that the reasons heat syncs are one solid piece is to eliminate hot spots.. Now can aluminum absorb and disburse the heat as fast as them nice hot LEDs can produce it?? How hot dose it run??
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01-03-2012, 06:12 PM
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WOW!!
I can't wait to see pictures of this over your tank.
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01-03-2012, 07:06 PM
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RyanJ - That issues was addressed a few pages back. I will be adding a Loctite Fixmaster Aluminum Apoxy into each slot to bond everything into one piece. If you try to weld more on each 1/8" x 1" flat bar you will end up with a real warped mess.
reef_rookie - Me too 
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01-04-2012, 08:22 AM
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So tonight Martin dropped by to help trouble shoot why I could not get my XPG's to fire up & if it wasn't for my blurred vision from my head cold I would have seen it right off. One of the connector wires was not completely seated in its clip & took Martin less then 5 min to find & solve, Thanks Martin.
Here's a few more pics. Red's / Green's @ 1%  Everything but second set of XPG's ( forgot we needed 2 drivers for these )  One heat sink totally lit.  Temporary mounting of the drivers & EVG boards on the end of the cover. On the new tank they will be up in the top cupboard hidden from sight. The wife will probably make me build something to cover them with but for now this is the way it's going to be.  Just need to put the optics on the Whites/Blues & slide in the acrylic shields then it can go on to the 165 gal.
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Feed the bear goodies, make a new friend, don't feed the bear............... 8' - 165gal Reef DIY LED's Build 2012 Nano Contest Winner Febuary 2013 POTM Winner 300 gal + 60 gal Complete DIY Build Last edited by The Grizz; 01-04-2012 at 09:40 AM.
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02-13-2012, 10:31 AM
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nice job buddy! looks awesome ! now only if you would answer your phone lol
P.S. and I know your going to say something smart a$$y back. lol chat with ya later
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