DIY Lighting projects - Page 2

Pro_builder · 12-12-2003, 03:23 PM

Thanks for all the pics.

HAP · 12-12-2003, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mikej11
Hey Hap - how well does the moonlight work for ya. Do you run it all night everynight?

Thanks,

Michael J

It works very well, Michael. Just the right amount of soft blue illumination.

I had it set up on a computer that regulated the light for proper moon phase. I have taken the computer out of service for some work and haven't put it back yet. It currently runs during the night every night.

hap

Scooterman · 12-12-2003, 04:30 PM

Nice details!

mikej11 · 12-13-2003, 11:58 PM

Here are a couple of pictures of the inside of the MH ballast. Very simmple wire up the ballast to the 3-wire plug and to the 3-wire cord to bulb.

HTH

Michael J

Pro_builder · 12-14-2003, 12:01 AM

thanks for the info and pics, mikej11

Scooterman · 12-15-2003, 09:01 AM

And people wonder whay these things are so heavy!

12-12-2003, 03:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
Pro_builder DIY Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oxford, Iowa Posts: 1,746 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks for all the pics. __________________ -Troy 180 gallon Reef, 3- 250 XM 15K MH Electronic ballast, 380 watts VHO Actinics, 2- 5 watt LED Moon lights, 100 gal rubbermaid sump, 75 gallon Fuge, ETSS 600 Skimmer, 4700-5400 gph pump for return, Octopus 3000 controller, Iwaki 40 RL skimmer pump, 2- 65w PC 10K fuge lights, 2 55 gallon barrels, Custom light oak stand and hood, misc pumps, extra 600 gallon rated tank size protein skimmer. Purple tang, yellow tang, pacific blue tang, 2 green chromis, 1 Sand sifting star, snails, hermit crabs, 2 mated perculas, pulsing Xenia, Anenome, mushrooms, ricordia, zoanthids, kenya tree 1 1/2" tall, misc other hitchhiker stuff. DIY is my dream... ...well OK the only way I can afford this Addiction!! Just as the light goes on in my head... ... I break the bulb!!

12-12-2003, 04:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Nice details! __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

12-13-2003, 11:58 PM	#19 (permalink)
mikej11 Fire Coral Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kauai, HI Posts: 82 View Gallery Karma Komment	Here are a couple of pictures of the inside of the MH ballast. Very simmple wire up the ballast to the 3-wire plug and to the 3-wire cord to bulb. HTH Michael J __________________ PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor in Kauai, Hawaii

12-14-2003, 12:01 AM	#20 (permalink)
Pro_builder DIY Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oxford, Iowa Posts: 1,746 View Gallery Karma Komment	thanks for the info and pics, mikej11 __________________ -Troy 180 gallon Reef, 3- 250 XM 15K MH Electronic ballast, 380 watts VHO Actinics, 2- 5 watt LED Moon lights, 100 gal rubbermaid sump, 75 gallon Fuge, ETSS 600 Skimmer, 4700-5400 gph pump for return, Octopus 3000 controller, Iwaki 40 RL skimmer pump, 2- 65w PC 10K fuge lights, 2 55 gallon barrels, Custom light oak stand and hood, misc pumps, extra 600 gallon rated tank size protein skimmer. Purple tang, yellow tang, pacific blue tang, 2 green chromis, 1 Sand sifting star, snails, hermit crabs, 2 mated perculas, pulsing Xenia, Anenome, mushrooms, ricordia, zoanthids, kenya tree 1 1/2" tall, misc other hitchhiker stuff. DIY is my dream... ...well OK the only way I can afford this Addiction!! Just as the light goes on in my head... ... I break the bulb!!

12-15-2003, 09:01 AM	#21 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	And people wonder whay these things are so heavy! __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

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