Frustrated with my LED`s need help

What string are your reds and green on?

 

Do you use dimmable drivers? If so, is the current set to the right amount?


63:24 may not quite be enough for 20k without dimming, 2:1 will generally get you around 14k. You can swap out some UV for blue, that might get you closer. Or perhaps make another light bar with only blue leds and use it as an "actinic supplement". Depending on your setup this may not be an option though.

 

It took me 18 months to get my leds going correctly now I love them. Good luck and be patient.

 

This is why I didnt do a DIY. I went with ais.

 

I'm the same way. I kept wanting to get rid of my leds and everyone kept telling me not to. I'm glad I didn't. I have a set of t5s, and 2 mhs just in case I wanted to switch back. Have you tried the customer service where you bought them?

 

When you got the drivers, did you open them up and set the current to the correct setting for the leds? You may be overdriving the whites or underdriving the blues or both. Also, generally from Rapidled, the whites are new technology and are usually brighter and more efficient than the blues. I have my whites and blue running and 750ma and keep them both set around the same level, but I am going for more of a 14k look.

 

I've got a 2-1 ratio and love the color. Got it all from Rapid. What size tank is this on, how many panels, etc? I agree that the new LEDs they carry are much brighter and more efficient.

 

If you turn the whites down less than 50% does it get the color you are looking for? If so you could turn down the white drivers' current which will let you increase the setting on the potentiometer which may give better control on the color.

 

It is possible that they are warm white, instead of neutral white.

 

I use cool whites and they have a sligt yellow color to them...