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Wiring

 

the

 

LED

 

Strings

  

 

*****

NEVER

 

APPLY

 

POWER

 

TO

 

THE

 

LED

 

DRIVER

 

BEFORE

 

ALL

 

WIRING

 

IS

 

COMPLETE

 

*****

 

 

Please

 

watch

 

our

 

see

 

our

 

Solderless

 

LED

 

Tutorial

 

at

 

the

 

link

 

below

 

before

 

proceeding:

  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j7fwVP61kiM

 

 

 

Wiring

 

your

 

LEDs

 

is

 

done

 

as

 

follows:

  

Plug

 

the

 

driver

 

jumper

 

into

 

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

 

until

 

all

 

wiring

 

is

 

complete

 

 

Ensure

 

the

 

minimum

 

number

 

of

 

LEDs

 

are

 

attached

 

to

 

your

 

driver

 

 

Adjust

 

SVR2

 

if

 

necessary

 

 

Do

 

not

 

install

 

LEDs

 

upside

 

down

 

as

 

indicated

 

by

 

the

 

red

 

X

 

in

 

the

 

second

 

example

 

above.

 

 

Below

 

are

 

two

 

photos

 

of

 

what

 

your

 

heatsink

 

might

 

look

 

like

 

if

 

you

 

are

 

using

 

Rapid

 

LED

 

Solderless

 

LEDs:

 

 

Содержание Coralife BioCube 29 Aurora Array Retrofit

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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