luckystrike Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I received the solderless oceanic biocube 29 dimmable retrofit kit with stormx controller for Christmas. Im Very excited to be getting rid of the stock lighting and did a lot of research before asking for it. I was torn between stevesled kit and this one, but landed on this one. Last night I pulled everything out of the box to get started, and ended up packing it all back up due to feeling a bit overwhelmed. I get the basic concept of wiring it, but I've come to some dead ends on placement of some of the components. The online instructions are a bit vague as they use an aquapod hood for the pictures to go along with the instructions, but then caption saying this layout will not work for the biocube. Has anyone on here installed this kit? I'd love to bounce some thoughts off you if so. I'm also trying to wrap my head around multiple channels/drivers. I have 2 drivers that came with the kit, but I realize I'm going to need to order the case for the controller, and figured I might as well add 2 more drivers since I have the capacity for it. That would add more channels, but I'm not sure how much benefit there is to that since it is a small tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet'spride70 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 yes. i retroed one in years back for a buddy on 14g bio. as long as led heatsink or whatever u use to cool leds is fit inside a light chamber, drivers, controllers r in a seperate box..... note: u must keep the original fans in working order with led kits, that ll help with water evaperation traps inside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I DIY'd a rapidLED kit a few years ago. Can you post some pictures and maybe ask specific questions about the parts that are stumping you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckystrike Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 note: u must keep the original fans in working order with led kits, that ll help with water evaperation traps inside... The kit came with two new fans and all the components to set them up, are you saying these are obsolete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckystrike Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 This board is what is throwing me off. It seems like there's room in between the fans that it could fit in, but it seems kind of exposed and rather close to the heat sink.. So then I was thinking it should be housed with this: Not sure what that component is called, but I'm thinking those two should have a separate box outside the tank. Does that sound correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckystrike Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 For what it's like worth, this is the kit in it's entirety: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Those boxes with "LDD" on top are the drivers and they are going to be going onto the controller board (they should have the same number of pins). You're going to be using 2 of 4 of the potential channels. The large silver box is the power supply, which will also hook up to your controller board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvrEnuf Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 How did this work out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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