FS: Two New Rapid LED Onyx Fixtures

[Smiz]

Like the title says. Two new rapid LED onyx's. Used these on my tank for two month and had to downsize (loved them). Perfect condition with box and hanging kit. 80 degree optics and a modified dimming box. The dimming box is modified so that you can separately control your whites from the rest of your channels.

Looking for $550 FIRM shipped to continental US. spent $700 on these only a few months ago.

http://www.rapidled.com/dimmable-onyx-by-rapid-led/

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[BZOFIQ]

So they are new fixtures but used or used fixtures that used to be new.

sorry had to ask.

 

[Smiz]

Fair enough, after reading my post figured I'd come across one of you lol.

 

[BZOFIQ]

Fair enough, after reading my post figured I'd come across one of you lol.

ROFL its all good, gave me a good chuckle.

GLWS

 

[Smiz]

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[Smiz]

$500!

 

[salpet]

do you know that one can buy them brand new for 600 so a 50 dollars saving for used lights is not such a good deal afterall

 

[Smiz]

It also includes the dimming box that has been modified to put whites on a separate channel.

 

[Nottick]

Onyx units have three chan white blue and other which is UV red and green.

 

[Smiz]

Yes it does. So two channels are on one driver, and whites are on their own. When purchasing new the only way to control it other then on and off is having a controller. This makes you able to turn whites and the rest on at separate times to simulate sunrise/set. Without needing a controller.

 

[Nottick]

Onyx units have three individually controllable channels by means of a 0-10vdc input on the 3.5mm mono jack associated with the channel. There are three drivers for each of the three channels.

 

[Smiz]

Nottick, I am referring to the dimming box. The dimming box normally only has the ability to turn all three lights on at your desired intensity. I wired a separate driver to control the whites off the dimming box.

 

[Nottick]

There were two dimming controllers a two channel and a three channel. I don't want someone to be misinformed however you do not need an additional driver. The drivers are integrated to the fixture. You have three potentiometers which are capable of manipulating the 10vdc going to the drivers providing dimming to each channel.

 

[Smiz]

Nottick I appreciate you trying to help people but your not understanding. The unit only contains one driver. Essentially turning the unit on and off. When you connect the channel from the unit to the dimming box it again only had one channel. So with each item only having one driver there is no way to separately control when each Chanel turns on and off. You would only be able to say everything turn on at this given time at this intensity. I unsoldered the channels to the dimming box and put white on a separate driver. This enables me to turn whites and blues ect on at separate times.

 

[Nottick]

Ummm.... I own these units. I do understand. You may be highly mis informed.

 

[Nottick]

 

[Nottick]

Those three wires to the right supply a 0-10vdc signal to each individual driver contained on the PCB for the LEDs

 

[Smiz]

I to own these units.... I'll take pictures when I get home to explain better

 

[Smiz]

So here is the units and dimmer box. As you can see there are two main power cords coming out of the onyxs fixtures that get plugged into outlets. Next to those are the three different channels, which get plugged into each other and then the dimmer box. Now on the dimmer box you can see the four vertical plugs that are power and the three channels. With this current setup I put the dimmer box power to a timer to set when all my channels turn on and off. This was not practice because all the lights would come on at once and would not create a more gradual effect like sunrise/set. So what I did was unsolder the white line on the dimmer box and put it on its own, which is the horizontal plug on the dimmer box. This now allows me to plug the original power that now only has the blue channel and the red green uv channel into a separate timer so I can turn it on first. Then the added power source gets plugged into a separate timer to turn on later, to give it the sunrise effect. Hope this clears it up.

 

[Nottick]

Yes you put the 10vdc on a timer not the main power. No additional drivers needed. 10vdc power supplys yes.