Ruddybop's UAS test

[Floyd R Turbo]

HeatsinkUSA, 10" x 10" $30 + $5 handling + ~$11 shipping = $46

LEDs from SatisLED (they are FAST shippers) I would do one 3W 660nm LED for every 2x2 area (since it's single-sided) or as little as one for every 3x3, sio you're looking at somewhere between 16 and 32 of those, then 6:1 red:blue so 3 or 5 blue 450-455s, those are about $1.79 each from Satis = between $35-$70

Thermal pads or Arctic Silver adhesive = $7 to $20

Driver, $34

Wire, solder, plug for driver, $10

Total cost $130 - $180

figure in lamp change cost and energy savings and it's a no brainer

[ruddybop]

Floyd,SM, and Kerry Thanks for the replies on the lighting....I'm gonna think this over and try to decide what way to go...led or florescent..

I got the unit in the tank today using a $45 grow light 1' x 1' square.
Lol...the bubbles are so powerful that it blows the lid off this unit.... Gonna have to design a way to keep the lid on. The surface of the water looks like its boiling so this pump I purchased is doing the job with the 14 inch bubble bar....

In the 220 it isn't taking up much room.... Here are a couple of pics.. Without the lid...lol

[kerry]

Looks real nice and so does the tank.
I see your air pump is located below your tank(assuming that clear tube goes to it), you should put this above your tank so in case of power outage the water does not siphon out of the air hose. Even if you have a check valve they can get blocked by lint and hang open.

[ruddybop]

Thanks Kerry.... yes it's going to be under the tank...And lint will not help me god forbid. I run the one way valves with the filters built in it (basically they have a larger body with like cotton material in them so dirt doesn't clog the air stones....I could put a couple of those inline. The first one would stop any lint from getting through to the second one....

This pump isn't a quite one.... I might put it in the basement and run the hose down there... Maybe loop the air hose high above the tank.

Or I could drill a hole in the wall and have it in the cabinet above the frig..... I'll have to do it when the wife isn't looking....

[kerry]

Thats when I drill my holes too!! LOL. I used the "Its an old TV cable hole to many times though". Our house was built in 2002 and we have not move the living area around that much and I got busted LOL. Two valves should be OK. I have used one of those 1/4" hose fuel filters for a lawn tractor before in the air hose line to keep the valves free of debris.

[ruddybop]

Thats when I drill my holes too!! LOL. I used the "Its an old TV cable hole to many times though". Our house was built in 2002 and we have not move the living area around that much and I got busted LOL.

lolol....That's great..... She asked me to drill one of those the other day... Hmmmm .... Evil

[ruddybop]

Well I got this unit in the tank and running..... I only have a 14 Watt grow light on it at the moment... 2 days cooking and the screen is still white....I gotta get some real light in there...

[SantaMonica]

And food.

[ruddybop]

OK.... I need light now...lol 18W on a 9x14 screen just isn't doing it for me. So when I was driving the other day I ran across two wine boxes sidewalk shopping... I already had 6 light sockets and a cord on the shelf.

While at Lowe's I bought 6 17W 6500k CFL bulbs... at 2.50 ea . Ok so now I have 102 Watts. Good enough for now. I will add some more when I get some sockets.

This one will work on my 55G with the 9x9 screen, but I am going to put it on the other scrubber in the 220G for now...

I have another Wine box, so I will make the other light for the 55G.

So I have 15 bucks into my light set up right now.

Oh and I also picked up some of these reflectors/mirrors
http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Plast.../dp/B005HYN88A

[Floyd R Turbo]

Nice, should work pretty well. Also I will have to remember that link to the reflectors.