Creekview
07-04-2014, 11:43 AM
I'm a tinkerer, and have built several LED projects. My latest is a scrubber light for my horizontal flow scrubber that allows me to dial in each wavelength known to promote chlorophyll production across the range of marine algae. I did a lot of reading and research, and ran across a commercial system built by Phillips Lighting that uses 3 tunable bands of LED light to grow algae for food and biofuel production. My reading led me to decide on 445 & 460nm (blues), 630 & 660nm (reds) and 6500k white LEDs. eBay vendors supplied the 3w LEDs, power resistors, and PWM dimmers. Got 10 each of the LEDs, the resistors, and 5 dimmers. Ordered 120 degree lenses for the LEDs. Total outlay, less than $40. I use 1"x2" 1/8" wall rectangular aluminum tubing for all my heatsinks. 20' of the aluminum was $60. I have built several fixtures out of the tubing. Works great even running 20 10w LEDs on a 4' light. Power is a surplus PC power supply using the 12v output. Timing is by an Oktimer THC15a programmable industrial controller. Pics below:
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/163CA6BA-C341-411C-912F-88BA48AB393D_zps3kgjkwwp.jpg
Command and control
Light laying across control board for photos
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/17A0E718-9A93-4258-BE59-448D2E30216D_zpsrzwo1dw9.jpg
445nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/B14DAB50-C8E7-489F-9D3A-71908DEDD8ED_zpsmxfk4gb9.jpg
460nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/06645A85-D89F-4813-8ADE-CFE4ECE4421E_zps8aqkf7ah.jpg
6500k
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/9ADB6D31-391C-4CE1-BD2C-96797226D381_zpssqfp9gts.jpg
630nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/A7DE56D0-ED00-4B2A-A0BB-5B1D9B2B55F4_zps7mzzhlhw.jpg
660nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/B32CBDC1-4549-4E75-8617-B8AAECF6FEEC_zpsbd6xsfu4.jpg
All on
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/8AE9A5A7-89AB-431F-807D-BC5A4F28C8D5_zpsn2z7xk7u.jpg
Inside the scrubber
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/FA8E32BE-7DCD-4E20-B467-3C10719587DC_zpsdgmymdza.jpg
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/163CA6BA-C341-411C-912F-88BA48AB393D_zps3kgjkwwp.jpg
Command and control
Light laying across control board for photos
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/17A0E718-9A93-4258-BE59-448D2E30216D_zpsrzwo1dw9.jpg
445nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/B14DAB50-C8E7-489F-9D3A-71908DEDD8ED_zpsmxfk4gb9.jpg
460nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/06645A85-D89F-4813-8ADE-CFE4ECE4421E_zps8aqkf7ah.jpg
6500k
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/9ADB6D31-391C-4CE1-BD2C-96797226D381_zpssqfp9gts.jpg
630nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/A7DE56D0-ED00-4B2A-A0BB-5B1D9B2B55F4_zps7mzzhlhw.jpg
660nm
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/B32CBDC1-4549-4E75-8617-B8AAECF6FEEC_zpsbd6xsfu4.jpg
All on
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/8AE9A5A7-89AB-431F-807D-BC5A4F28C8D5_zpsn2z7xk7u.jpg
Inside the scrubber
http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p645/Mellwood/FA8E32BE-7DCD-4E20-B467-3C10719587DC_zpsdgmymdza.jpg