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RapidLED Oceanic BioCube 8 Retrofit
Contents
Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Outline .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Hood Preparation .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Attaching LEDs to Heatsink and Wiring LEDs Together ................................................................................ 6
Thermal Grease ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Soldering Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Tinning Wire and LEDs .............................................................................................................................. 7
Tinning LEDs .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Wiring the LED String(s) ................................................................................................................................ 8
Attaching the Heatsink to the BC8 Hood ...................................................................................................... 9
Wiring Fans ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Attaching the Driver to the LEDs................................................................................................................. 12
Wiring the Driver to AC Power .................................................................................................................... 13
Wiring the Driver Dimmer Wires ............................................................................................................ 14
Adjusting Driver Current - Do this before applying power if needed .................................................... 14
Adjusting Driver Current with a Multimeter ............................................................................................... 15
Driver) ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Finish ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    RapidLED Oceanic BioCube 8 Retrofit Contents Foreword ............................... 2 Outline ................................2 Hood Preparation ............................2 Attaching LEDs to Heatsink and Wiring LEDs Together ................6 Thermal Grease ............................6 Soldering Notes ............................. 7 Tinning Wire and LEDs ..........................7 Tinning LEDs ..............................

  • Page 2: Foreword

    Foreword As with any type of lighting retrofit, there are many dangers, difficulties, and pitfalls that may occur. The BioCube 8 retrofit should be attempted by those familiar with AC power and wiring, electronics, LEDs, LED Drivers, soldering LEDs, series circuits, and be comfortable with the fact that this retrofit will require complete disassembly and removal of many components of the original hood.
  • Page 3 Next, remove the screws holding each of the light bulb clips (there are two): Next, remove the single screw holding down the upper reflector: Lift out and remove the reflectors. Your hood should look like the following picture:...
  • Page 4 Next, remove the moonlights and power compact bulb sockets: Your hood should now look like this: Next, remove the screws holding down the blue transformer, remove the crimp terminals connected to the switches, and unplug all connectors:...
  • Page 5 Remove Crimp Terminals: Last, cut the power cables cables from the hood and remove them. This is can be easily done by cutting the retaining zip ties and then cutting the connectors off of the ends of the power cables. Your prepped, gutted hood should have only the original fans left as in the photo below:...

  • Page 6: Attaching Leds To Heatsink And Wiring Leds Together

    Attaching LEDs to Heatsink and Wiring LEDs Together In the next set of steps, we will attach the LEDs to the heatsink, tin the LEDs and the wire used to connect the LEDs together, and then wire the LEDs together. After all of this is complete, we will insert the heatsink into the hood of the BC8.

  • Page 7: Soldering Notes

    Soldering Notes Now that the LEDs are securely attached to the heatsink with thermal grease, any heat applied to the solder pads (the little gold pads) of the LEDs will be quickly conducted away into the heatsink. When soldering, this will be a problem if your soldering iron does not have a clean, tinned tip (new is best) or does not have enough power –...

  • Page 8: Wiring The Led String(S)

    Wiring the LED String(s) *****NEVER APPLY POWER TO THE LED DRIVER BEFORE ALL WIRING IS COMPLETE ***** Wiring the LEDs is done as a string in series. The string is a series circuit wired + to – (or – to +, depending on where you start) starting from one wire on the driver, from LED to LED, to the other wire on the driver.

  • Page 9: Attaching The Heatsink To The Bc8 Hood

    Attaching the Heatsink to the BC8 Hood There are 4 screws that attach the BC8 heatsink to the BC8 hood. Two are 1.5” in length and the other two are skinnier and 1.25” in length. With the rear of the hood facing your body and the two screw holes in the heatsink on the left, insert two 1.5”...

  • Page 10: Wiring Fans

    Your heatsink should now be securely fastened to the hood: Wiring Fans To wire the fans, we are going to cut off only the ends of the fan wires, cut the end off of the AC adapter, and then use one wire nut to attach both positive fan wires to the positive AC adapter wire, and one wire nut to attach both negative fan wires to the AC adapter negative wire.
  • Page 11 Next, twist the two positive fan wires together with the AC Adapter positive wire and use a wire nut to secure them together: Repeat the process for the negative fan and AC adapter wires. Plug in the AC adapter to test the fans.

  • Page 12: Attaching The Driver To The Leds

    Attaching the Driver to the LEDs The BC8 hood has enough room inside of it for a small driver such as an LPC-35-700. Getting the driver inside of the hood is easy. Just run the ACL and ACN wires through one of the original wire ports and then solder V+ from the driver to the + terminal of the 1 LED in your string and V- from the driver to –...

  • Page 13: Wiring The Driver To Ac Power

    Wiring the Driver to AC Power BE CAREFUL WHEN WORKING WITH 120VAC. Ensure nothing is plugged in before proceeding! The AC Line and Neutral, or ACL and ACN wires, which are brown and blue, connect to the power cord included in our kits. Strip the white and black wires of the power cord (green is ground and unused) and attach them to the blue and brown wires on the driver with the included moisture resistant wire nuts.

  • Page 14: Using A Meanwell Dimmable Driver (Skip If Not Using A Meanwell Dimmable Driver)

    Using a Meanwell Dimmable Driver (Skip if not using a Meanwell Dimmable Driver) Wiring the Driver Dimmer Wires There are 4 output wires on a dimmable driver as in the above photo. The dimming wires, DIM + (blue), and DIM – (white), simply hook up to the respective ports on your controller or dimmer. Dimmable drivers must have the dimmer wires hooked up to a controller or dimmer or the LEDs will not light up.

  • Page 15: Adjusting Driver Current With A Multimeter

    Adjusting Driver Current with a Multimeter To adjust the driver output to a specific value, you must first wire a multimeter into your LED string and second, you must ensure the DIM+ and DIM- wires are connected to a dimmer. The dimmer should be set to full brightness.
  • Page 16 The following should be complete before applying power to the driver: • SVR2 has been gently rotated counter-clockwise until it stops (set to minimum current) • DIM+ and DIM- wires on driver are connected to a dimmer • Dimmer is set to 100% brightness (10VDC MAX) •...

  • Page 17: Using A Rapid Led Nano Dimmable Driver With 700Ma Max. Current (Skip If Not Using A Nano Dimmable Driver)

    Using a Rapid LED Nano Dimmable Driver with 700mA Max. Current (Skip if not using a Nano Dimmable Driver) The Rapid LED Dimmable Driver with 700mA Maximum current is a 0-10V analog driver. No adjustment is necessary (no SVR2). If you do not connect a potentiometer or lighting controller to this driver, it will run at 100% power (700mA).

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