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Installing

 

the

 

Heatsink

 

The

 

heatsink

 

attaches

 

to

 

the

 

plastic

 

posts

 

already

 

in

 

the

 

hood

 

via

 

6

 

screws.

  

The

 

screws

 

are

 

the

 

large

 

screws

 

included

 

with

 

the

 

kit.

  

Tighten

 

gently

 

until

 

heatsink

 

is

 

snug.

  

Tightening

 

them

 

more

 

than

 

this

 

may

 

strip

 

out

 

the

 

plastic

 

screw

 

bosses

 

in

 

the

 

hood

 

at

 

which

 

point

 

you

 

will

 

have

 

fill

 

the

 

stripped

 

bosses

 

with

 

a

 

hard

 

glue

 

or

 

epoxy

 

and

 

drill

 

them

 

back

 

out

 

so

 

the

 

screw

 

will

 

grip

 

again,

 

or

 

find

 

some

 

other

 

solution.

  

Over

 

tightening

 

may

 

also

 

snap

 

the

 

screw

 

bosses

 

from

 

the

 

hood,

 

in

 

which

 

case,

 

you

 

will

 

have

 

to

 

attempt

 

repair

 

with

 

super

 

glue.

 

 

For

 

this

 

retrofit,

 

it

 

is

 

easiest

 

to

 

line

 

up

 

one

 

of

 

the

 

rearmost

 

screws

 

and

 

screw

 

it

 

in

 

first.

  

Next,

 

rotate

 

the

 

heatsink

 

around

 

this

 

screw

 

until

 

you

 

can

 

drop

 

the

 

other

 

three

 

rear

 

screws

 

into

 

their

 

mounting

 

holes.

  

Be

 

patient,

 

they

 

will

 

line

 

up.

  

Once

 

they

 

line

 

up,

 

screw

 

them

 

all

 

in.

  

Note

 

the

 

two

 

screws

 

furthest

 

from

 

the

 

rear

 

of

 

the

 

hood

 

are

 

not

 

screwed

 

in

 

yet

 

 

they

 

go

 

last.

 

 

Please

 

note

 

that

 

newer

 

kits

 

will

 

come

 

with

 

our

 

green

 

anodized

 

nano

 

tank

 

heatsink

 

instead

 

of

 

a

 

traditional

 

silver

 

heatsink.

  

The

 

holes

 

and

 

installation

 

instructions

 

will

 

be

 

identical,

 

and

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

this

 

hole

 

diagram

 

for

 

installation.

   

 

 

 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for Coralife BioCube 29 Aurora Array Retrofit

Page 1: ...f lighting retrofit there are many dangers difficulties and pitfalls that may occur The Rapid LED Coralife BioCube 29 retrofit should only be attempted by people familiar with AC power and wiring elec...

Page 2: ...you must remove three fasteners from the rear of the hood to get it off of the tank We found it easiest to insert a hex wrench into one side of the fastener and gently tap laterally with a hammer unti...

Page 3: ...or and LED sockets from the hood Reflector removal requires unscrewing the two metal fluorescent bulb holders and the LED strip socket in the middle of the hood The reflector should lift out easily Cu...

Page 4: ...ews as indicated by the arrows in the photo below unclip and remove the sockets Ballast Removal The end goal of this section is to remove the ballasts and the right side AC line in two power cords fro...

Page 5: ...ications on this step be and look different depending on manufacturer modifications out of our control Keep in mind the actual goal of the step as opposed to the photos To begin with the hood facing u...

Page 6: ...Next strip and tightly cap the AC wires cut from the ballast with wire nuts...

Page 7: ...Next unclip the power connector for the left ballast...

Page 8: ...ballasts from the hood There are two screws per ballast Transformer Removal To remove the transformer on the right we first unplug it from the circuit board Simply unplug the two wires from their soc...

Page 9: ...mage the components or hurt yourself in this step the connections can be very tight and difficult to remove Please note that we will leave 4 connections as is which will switch the fans on and off Nex...

Page 10: ...rom the right side of the hood First unscrew the strain relief holding down the right side power cords Next cut the ends off of the cords and pull them out of the hood Replace the strain relief unscre...

Page 11: ...Prepared Hood Your prepped hood should look like the one below You should be able to plug it in and switch the fans off and on...

Page 12: ...osses from the hood in which case you will have to attempt repair with super glue For this retrofit it is easiest to line up one of the rearmost screws and screw it in first Next rotate the heatsink a...

Page 13: ...After the four bottom screws are snugly affixed screw in the top two screws Ensure you do not make them too tight Over tightening the top two screws may warp your hood and then the cover won t fit...

Page 14: ...ecessary More is NOT necessarily better Too little will lower conductivity and too much will create a mess A thin layer works best The photo below is about how much you should use After the thermal gr...

Page 15: ...o the first LED in your string Plug the LEDs together with the LED to LED jumpers and insert a terminal plug jumper into the last connector of the last LED in your string Remember to Apply no power un...

Page 16: ...rs the LED strings Since we cannot put the drivers in the hood next to the LEDs we will attach some wire to the driver jumpers and run that through the empty space left from removing some of the power...

Page 17: ...the strain relief post to prevent damage to internal components if the outer wires get pulled too hard Next we wire the LED strings jumpers to the bulk wire we just ran Here are wiring tables for thi...

Page 18: ...String 2 Red Driver Jumper V Blue V on Driver 2 Black Driver Jumper V White V on Driver 2 Last tuck the wires neatly underneath the heatsink...

Page 19: ...nect the LPC 60 1050 to the white LEDs and the LPC 35 700 to the blue LEDs If you haven t already strip the outside jacket off of both wires and then use a wire nut to connect them together An example...

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