kkevvy
11-28-2007, 02:47 AM
So I started reading up on moonlights, and I figured hey, they can't be that hard, so maybe I'll make one.
This is probably the simplest way to make a moonlight EVER.
I went to Autozone, I got the 6" Blue LED Bend-a-light. Its a 6 inch long tube with a blue LED at each end. My aquarium is only 20g, so its bright enough (though they do come in up to 25inch, I think).
It plugs into a 12vDC Cigarette adapter.
What I did was simply cut the cigarette adapter off, and expose the wires.
Then I found an old wall adapter. I found one with an output of 10vDC. I cut the wires off of that, exposed them, and attached them to the LED light. It lit up like a charm. I taped the wires up with some electrical tape.
I was thinking of a way to easily secure it to my hood, when I realized it had oh-so-nifty adhesive pads on it! voila! Attached like nothing, and looks great!
Its totally awesome watching my ghost catfish and my black kuhli loaches swimming around at night, expecially since you like never see them during the day.
Heres a pic, its not the greatest, but my camera kinda stinks.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/kkevo/PB270020.jpg
PS:
If you look on the bottom, you can see one of platy's eyes! haha, creepy.
This is probably the simplest way to make a moonlight EVER.
I went to Autozone, I got the 6" Blue LED Bend-a-light. Its a 6 inch long tube with a blue LED at each end. My aquarium is only 20g, so its bright enough (though they do come in up to 25inch, I think).
It plugs into a 12vDC Cigarette adapter.
What I did was simply cut the cigarette adapter off, and expose the wires.
Then I found an old wall adapter. I found one with an output of 10vDC. I cut the wires off of that, exposed them, and attached them to the LED light. It lit up like a charm. I taped the wires up with some electrical tape.
I was thinking of a way to easily secure it to my hood, when I realized it had oh-so-nifty adhesive pads on it! voila! Attached like nothing, and looks great!
Its totally awesome watching my ghost catfish and my black kuhli loaches swimming around at night, expecially since you like never see them during the day.
Heres a pic, its not the greatest, but my camera kinda stinks.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/kkevo/PB270020.jpg
PS:
If you look on the bottom, you can see one of platy's eyes! haha, creepy.