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liquid just curious why solar powered?
aren't LED's using only a fraction of the electricity
of traditional sources & dirt-cheap to operate?
Fishing has never been about the fish....
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In either case, I wont be getting one until they are solar powered, or making a solar one myself. LEDs are born for underwater lighting as their low voltage and high output at specific wavelengths. You can even get some pretty good blue and ultraviolet LEDs and make a solar BOJO. If either company want me to design something like that, PM me. I think it is very viable and safe. Yep I will start a new thread on my LED DMX512 system I drop into my pond and treed yard. I have two monster 36 watt LED high powered RGB lights to be placed in the water under the two leading edges of our dock. Its going to be fun playing with the programing. All wireless DMX512 operation. 36 watts of LED is just about equal to 200 watts.... huu waa. Cheers Don.
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Yep I will start a new thread on my LED DMX512 system I drop into my pond....I have two monster 36 watt LED high powered RGB lights to be placed in the water under the two leading edges of our dock. Yes Don please do....and of course pictures would be great.
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Solar would be very very hard to do with underwater lights. Even with LED the power required to run just 20 watts would cost close to $2500 in battery and solar panels if built to be stand alone. Biggest cost would be the glass mat batteries. Easy $1500 in batteries alone.
Guess if you didn't want to run it 12 hours a night would could switch it and only run it when you were on the dock. Then two deep cycle batteries and a 45 watt panel from harbor freight would get the job done.
Cheers Don.
P.S. Zep I will load up some pictures when the project is done. I am sure I will end up with the dock lights first then the waterfall and yard/tree lights after.
Last edited by DonoBBD; 07/27/13 08:44 AM.
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BGK things have super busy. I just wanted to hear the thoughts behind the choices made between the two was all. Thanks for your inputs it was helpful.
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Glad you been busy any cool projects goin on you'd like to share?
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Sorry I forgot about this post. First off 20W Leds would be overkill. If just green for example, all energy is condensed in a single wavelength rather than spread out and filtered. You could likely use a 5W Led and it would outshine a 100W filtered bulb, if not more. Recent advancements in LEDs could improve this further, along with a decent power source. This is an application where you would not use a white LED and filter it.
Second, low voltage.
Third, the colder they are, the brighter. Water makes a nice heatsink.
Fourth, use LiON batteries, timers, and motion sensors. A hobby battery for an RC car or plane may be enough.
Fifth, not too hard to go to an RGB arrangement and get controllable color.
As far as the Bojo, I have no electricity at the pond. A few deep blue LEDs or UV would maybe be enough to draw in bugs, then only turn on the motor for short times once bugs have collected. Battery size for this may be more difficult as I have no idea of the motor requirements.
Maybe after vacation I will put something together and see if it gains traction. Work has been beyond nuts lately sapping my engineering juices.
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Well I got in my under water lights today. The DMX function works great. The 36 watt LED lights look sick and can't wait to get them into the water. Should blaze the water.
Keep you guys and gals posted.
Cheers Don.
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