newnanoman
New member
So I got my LED setup from Bill at reefledlights and retro fitted my compact flourescent hood... As much as I would like to say it was quite a project, in fact it was a quite easy change... From start to finish about 2 1/2 hours.... taking all the screws out of the light cover took the longest I think... Anyways, I took the flourescent tube out and the reflector which are just screwed in... Then I cut the plastic on the left and right side only of the former reflector area down as far as I could and left the screw mounts still standing... Much to my surprise with just a little shove, the new heat sink and Cree LED strips that Bill put together for me slipped right in to the space nice and snug... ran the wires that were already soldered on for me and connected the drivers.. put the glass water shield back on and I was done... Originally there was a bit of a concern about having a need for some fans to help cool the heatsink which turned out not to be a problem at all, seeing as how the original fans in the hood were not even altered.. It is definately a snug fit and I did have to loosen one fan to get the heat sink all the way down where I wanted it... It truly was a perfect fit with minor alterations and very little work involved... So anyone thinking of doing this I can only say,,,"no worries" .... it does fit....the last picture shows you ALL the tools I used with the exception of a stanley knife I forgot I had in my pocket...
