Looking for CREE XP-E/XP-G Strips

[BFLO]

Hey guys I'm on the hunt for CREE LED strips for aquarium applications. I have found

http://http://www.easy2led.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=184

but I was wondering if anyone knew of any others that offered something similar?
Or maybe someone knows of a company that would mount LEDs to these PCB strips? a 2:1 ratio of royal blue to neutral white would be ideal. (that website offers only cool white and royal blue on separate strips)

Thanks!

 

[VegasF6]

You don't mention which Cree LEDS you mean first of all:
If you mean for instance, these: http://www.cree.com/products/ledlamps_p4.asp you could use any old protoboard or veroboard or strip board.

Second, your link is messed up.
http://www.easy2led.com/

I havn't seen those before, neat. I have seen this question before however, and more than once. I wonder did you do a search before posting? If you had, some links you might have found are:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?220979-DIY-CREE-XRE-led-strip&p=2819282
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...tos-of-my-new-kitchen-18-Cree-light&p=2759482

http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/product_info.php?cPath=90&products_id=987 If you are gonna come back and tell me thats expensive, I have heard that before too.

If your thought a 3xcree round module would suit you, here is a nice one:
http://www.lck-led.com/p340/3xCree-...tant-Current-Driver---660LM/product_info.html
If you didn't have your heart set on Cree, here are some super reasonable priced boards for other leds:
http://www.lck-led.com/High-Power-LED-Heatsink-&-Aluminun-PCB/c37_152/index.html I have used the linear ones before with Seoul leds. You could also choose edison optos.

Here are some more round modules, anywhere from 1 up to 13 up:
http://ledlightingsupply.com/Reference%20Materials/PCB/Light%20Engine%20Info%20Form.pdf


You probably really don't want printed circuit boards, instead, you may be happier simply mounting leds to aluminum strip and wiring between them. Here is an excellent example of that:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?246349-Aquarium-Light-8*3W-SSC-P4-led-s&p=3134365

I actually know another dealer for some multi PCBS that will take SSC, Edison, or Cree XR-E. I will keep it a secret for now though :)

 

[BFLO]

Thanks for all your help Vegas!

Sorry I wasn't more specific I was seeking to utilize both CREE XP-E and XP-G within the same strip. Based upon all the links shown the link I posted is a decent price.

I've made several of my own LED fixtures. Mounted to aluminum heatsinks, drilling and tapping too many holes, wiring LED to LED....I've had my fun with that. The reason I wanted them on PCB is due to a recent increase in requests from local aquarium users that want LEDs over their aquarium. I was seeking to streamline production and seek out other options but i think easy2LED is a decent option

Thanks again!

 

[VegasF6]

Are you looking for blank boards or already populated boards? Are you doing something like 4 or 5 XP-G (neutral or cool white?) and perhaps 2 or 3 royal blue and 1 or 2 red XP-E? Or just cool white and blue?
Sounds like a pretty specific combination if I am even close to right. Other than reefers I can't imagine much of a market, so the usual suspects would be rapid led and nanotuners and easy2led. Only possible other group I could think of you might check with would be "growers", which would be a wholy different sort of reefers. They are of course interested in different wavelengths than you, but perhaps someone has had a custom run of boards made for mixed leds, I dunno.

Personally, I would be interested in seeing pics of some of your work and I imagine others would too. Are you seeing fresh water people willing to spend the money for led too? I have to imagine much smaller arrays than reef tanks, I have seen those people doing arrays of like 96 leds.

 

[easy2led]

I thought that for reef tanks a cool white / royal blue combo is best. I think that there are no obstacles to make a "royal blue XP-E / cool white XP-G strip", but the current will be limited to 700 mA, because of the XP-Es.