DIY Algae Turf Scrubber Video and Plans - Page 2

Vanpire · 05/09/2016, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TONY_C

I bought these. 30 Watts each. http://www.ebay.com/itm/10W-20W-30W-...qvXxk7mAy33xCQ

there is a seller that is cheaper, I paid $21 each. I think the pic looks brighter tho, you are seeing the white screen lit from both sides and it kind of fools the camera a bit. Also, I ran them for about 8 hours and checked the temperature using an infrared camera, the backs were 64C (147F) and turning off the light to get a reading on the front it was about 40C (104F) and it was that temp after 2 hours so I think that the temps were maxed out. You can hardly feel any temp rise inside the box.

Are there reasons why they are 30W? That seems very bright for the area since there are a total of 120 for the area.

ravi197699 · 05/10/2016, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanpire

Hey Ravi, can you give us the driver description and where you got it? Thanx.

Hello Vanpire- Below is the link of the drivers I bought and these drivers come in 1w or 3w, I am currently using 1w led's and they are doing awesome job

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121845630967...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Vanpire · 05/10/2016, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ravi197699

Hello Vanpire- Below is the link of the drivers I bought and these drivers come in 1w or 3w, I am currently using 1w led's and they are doing awesome job

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121845630967...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thanx

crocogator106 · 05/16/2016, 01:25 PM

Man thats an awesome looking scrubber Gary! I just finished the video and subbed to your channel.

Devaji108 · 05/17/2016, 06:20 PM

I found this the other day I was going to share it here glad to see you on RC.

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Originally Posted by reeferdon

I got Gary's plan. Its worth the $$$$ u save in the long run. I decided to order my acrylic percut and read for gluing. All Ill have to do is drill holes and glue it together, I ordered black acrylic.
All the precut acrylic ordered was less then $100

nice I was thinking of doing precut acrylic too, did you get it done locally or online?

mr9iron · 05/17/2016, 06:56 PM

Thank you for sharing this. It looks like I will have a future project.

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dinger28 · 05/20/2016, 01:16 PM

I just built my own scrubber and am pleased how it turned out. However, I have heard different things on screen size. I have a 300g and my screen size is 10 by 7. Is that too small? Sorry to hijack the thread, but I couldn't figure out how to post this.

05/17/2016, 06:56 PM	#31
mr9iron 15& Over Club Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,552 Blog Entries: 1	Thank you for sharing this. It looks like I will have a future project. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vince ______________________________ Current Tank Info: Frag tank at the moment, planning another

05/16/2016, 01:25 PM	#29
crocogator106 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Alabama Posts: 371	Man thats an awesome looking scrubber Gary! I just finished the video and subbed to your channel.

05/20/2016, 01:16 PM	#32
dinger28 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Indian Land, SC Posts: 385	I just built my own scrubber and am pleased how it turned out. However, I have heard different things on screen size. I have a 300g and my screen size is 10 by 7. Is that too small? Sorry to hijack the thread, but I couldn't figure out how to post this.