shrimphead
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DIY led questions
Hi, i'm planning on doing diy led aquarium lighting project and was wondering if having your leds wired far apart will have any impact on the operation of the leds. the plan involves the leds being wired in series approximately 70cm inbetween each led and the length of the series would be around 5m from the driver. I was just thinking it seems like a very long series compared to what you see on here and thought it might effect the leds somehow? like voltage drop? i probably need to ask this on a electronics forum really.
also i'm looking for a few bits. I need some cree xml 60 degree optics, drivers that can run to around 2amp and also heatsinks that would be ok for cooling 1 cree xml and a 1 cree xte running at 60%-70% so 2 leds on 1 heatsink without a fan.(I'm going to have 8 of these linked in series) I found these heatsinks that claim to be able to cool 1, 10 watt led without a fan. what do you guys think?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1pc-10W-W...al_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item23130bf4f5
Hi, i'm planning on doing diy led aquarium lighting project and was wondering if having your leds wired far apart will have any impact on the operation of the leds. the plan involves the leds being wired in series approximately 70cm inbetween each led and the length of the series would be around 5m from the driver. I was just thinking it seems like a very long series compared to what you see on here and thought it might effect the leds somehow? like voltage drop? i probably need to ask this on a electronics forum really.
also i'm looking for a few bits. I need some cree xml 60 degree optics, drivers that can run to around 2amp and also heatsinks that would be ok for cooling 1 cree xml and a 1 cree xte running at 60%-70% so 2 leds on 1 heatsink without a fan.(I'm going to have 8 of these linked in series) I found these heatsinks that claim to be able to cool 1, 10 watt led without a fan. what do you guys think?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1pc-10W-W...al_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item23130bf4f5