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    DIY LED Driver Questions.

    Hello everyone, quick question. I’m thinking of getting the kit below from Rapid Led. I currently have T5’s & Metal Halides over my tank, but I miss the dimming on and off of LEDs to simulate Sunrise/Sunset and the Blue Pop you get from LED’s (no blue T5 atinics come close to LED Pop!)

    Also, just so I am understanding correctly, the driver will connect to the LED’s, and plug into the wall (not the apex) and will have an extra set of wires to run to the apex Dimming port for turning it on and off correct?

    http://www.rapidled.com/12-ultra-pre...mable-drivers/

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    That's basically the just of It, thought you will also need an Ethernet cable or Varspd to 2 port dimming cable to actually connect the two wires to the apex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael_Price View Post
    Hello everyone, quick question. I’m thinking of getting the kit below from Rapid Led. I currently have T5’s & Metal Halides over my tank, but I miss the dimming on and off of LEDs to simulate Sunrise/Sunset and the Blue Pop you get from LED’s (no blue T5 atinics come close to LED Pop!)

    Also, just so I am understanding correctly, the driver will connect to the LED’s, and plug into the wall (not the apex) and will have an extra set of wires to run to the apex Dimming port for turning it on and off correct?

    http://www.rapidled.com/12-ultra-pre...mable-drivers/
    That link does not work for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonlovisolo View Post
    That link does not work for me
    Works for me. Try a different browser.

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    Yeah they shut that down. I tried ordering it (Had a great price!) but apparently that link was not supposed to be active... the shut if off after i emailed them about it and apologized for the listing lol. I got a driver and LED's from them now though. Time to wire it up with some pare time!

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