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150w metal halide to 50w led conversion


pritch33

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I know a bit bright for your betta tanks but thought you may be interested in seeing my little project

this is my first for trialling with the 2 exsisting metal halides

This is a std shopfitter halide 150w that I took an angle grinder to so I could fit the heat sink and LED also has a small 20mm?pc fan for cooling

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and up and running

This is brighter than the halide the shimmer on the bottom of the tank is so more noticeable

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If it goes well over the next few weeks with plant growth and no algae issues I will be converting the other 2 that I have

will get a pic later with all 3 running

Ray

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Looks great! How much did it cost to convert?

They are from ebay so driver and led 50 dollars and 8 dollars for the heatsink, But you need to rember I had the rest already so a few dollars extra for some small nuts and bolts and heat past.

I look forward to seeing how this works out for you. I'm considering 2 30w LEDs for my new tank.

Yan

depending on your setup and what you want to achieve they are deffintly worth trying from my first inpression.

I am still very hesitant when it comes to led lighting but on lighting it up over the tank I am very interested in upgrading the rest but want to see how this one goes first

Ray

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