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Offline Essabee

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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2012, 11:40:28 PM »
This old man still thinks analogue.  :)

Got the digital point.
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #21 on: July 03, 2012, 07:09:52 PM »
Knew I was right on the batteries, I once jump started a 24 volt truck with two 12 volt cars so we could finish a detail and still have part of our Saturday, lol. Makes sense now, thanks for the explanation!
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2012, 08:43:09 PM »
No problem! Glad it helped! :D

So, I fixed the wiring today, and I think that I may have greatly overestimated how much light I need on this little tank.

The first picture is of the correct wiring. A bit simpler over all.

The second is the tank with the 15W fluorescent top from a 10 gallon.

The third is taken with the exact same camera settings, but is of three LEDs shining into the tank. You can see that they are a lot brighter than the fluorescent! And this is without any kind of reflector, so I am actually losing a significant amount of light off to the sides! I think that part of the reason that I overestimated by so much is that the fluorescent bulb is old, over three years old I think. Anyway, it is okay, because I can always dim them, and if I want I can take off two of the six later. But it is kind of surprising!

I'll keep you up to date as I keep going! This is getting exciting now!
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2012, 12:15:47 PM »
So, I played around with the LEDs and my Arduino a little bit today. Here is a little video of them "breathing." ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnfpURcgS4&feature=youtu.be
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2012, 01:43:35 PM »
Very nice! When you're done I'll take one as well!  :hihi:
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2012, 12:06:07 AM »
We've got our enforcer back!
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2012, 06:53:05 PM »
Well, I've hit a little bit of a financial snag, so this is on hold for a few weeks. Hopefully it gets cleared up before too long.
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2012, 07:55:05 PM »
Okay, so I just got some really cool stuff. I'll post pictures in the next couple of days, but I just had to let you all know. :D
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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #28 on: August 01, 2012, 03:24:14 PM »
Okay, so here are some pictures! This is some aluminum extrusion that I found laying around at work a while ago. We weren't using it, so I asked my boss about it, and he said I could have it! It should make this lighting project look a lot more professional!

And I can use it as a heat sink, which means that I won't have to use my little black ones!

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Re: 2.5 Gallon techno-tank!
« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2012, 06:46:31 PM »
That extrusion looks very appropriate. All it needs is a good white paint on the reflective side. It can be adapted for florescent lights too.
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