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Old 12-21-2011, 06:55 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by IWANNAGOFAST View Post
Yeah, I like the 10w floodlight color too, I'm using it on my refugium in my reef. Hard to make a good looking fixture though using those. I wonder if they're dimmable, hook them up to a controller and get that sunrise/sunset feature.
meanwell 48P can handle up to 4 of them and is dimable... however u need to DIY it and u cant use the flood light unless ur going to gut it for the LED only.

You pair with a PWM driver... (this is what i got) ~ 60 dollars
http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-...troller/Detail


And u get your daylight...

how does that dimmer work?
It has preset memory options... 12 hour cycle... 8 hour cycle.. 6 hour cycle... and the intensity at which each cycle should hit.

When the timer goes on, the last preset cycle starts... in my case its the 12 hours... so 1 hour for it to get full intensity, and 1 hour to shut off after the cycle is complete, and the timer i have then turns the unit off until the next day where my cycle starts up again.


My only real grief is i spent way more $$$ then i should playing with LED's to get a final product... but i love playing with TOYS, so i dont really consider it a grief as it killed a lot of time which i wanted killed.
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