Lighting Parts from 'Nam.

[Jozle]

it will work without a ground, but it is not correct to say that grounding isnt needed. its there for safety reasons so i would add the appropriate plug at some point if i were you. its great find for the price though, have you seen any with a more plant friendly spectrum? the ones on ebay like that are about 3500k warm whites...

People over here in Vietnam likes really bright lights and they don't like to spend to much electricity, so all you'll ever find over here is daylight fluorescent and LED bulbs.

[jsbaker]

The birghtness is one of the concerns, I'm going to have 2 4' long aluminum u channels that will each have two strips of the leds on them so I am hoping it will be enough. If not I'll try them on the 125 which is long instead of tall and as a last resort I have a 29 gallon I can use some of them on so it's not all a waste.

[Jozle]

The birghtness is one of the concerns, I'm going to have 2 4' long aluminum u channels that will each have two strips of the leds on them so I am hoping it will be enough. If not I'll try them on the 125 which is long instead of tall and as a last resort I have a 29 gallon I can use some of them on so it's not all a waste.

I wish you luck, if possible, could you share your construction plan?

[jsbaker]

Sure thing, I was going to take pics of the blue setups last night but got sidetracked so i'll try to take some pics tonight.

[jsbaker]

I started a new thread with showing my leds and what I used to build them.

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?51596-Leds-moonlights-and-white-lights-on-the-cheap&p=628996#post628996