danlu_gt Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Sorry, I haven't keep you guys updated for awhile. I'm in Dongguan China now behind the great firewall. Hehe A bit rewarding to see my hours of CAD work design becoming a real thing. I'm using over 20 vendors to make custom parts. Inspecting and testing the parts that have arrived. Still waiting for a few more vendors to deliver. A bit of production delay is expected on first run. Hopefully, I'll be getting everything in next week in time before Chinese New Year holiday. Daniel Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Thanks for the update Daniel - exciting to see this turn into a finished product! Congrats on seeing all your hard design work come together. Maybe we could get a demo at one of the upcoming meetings? BTW - who’s feeding the triggers while you are in China? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 That reflector looks awesome. Can’t wait to see the finished product! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Look pretty nice so far! Tagging along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Are you going to run these on your tanks at home, is the power, coverage, and cost comparable to the previous Reefi LED units? Scratch that, found a few of my answers here. http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/topic/42363-new-reefi-led-product-in-prototype-and-testing-phase/ Looking good my friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Wow Daniel! It's been amazing to see the production of these progress. I like the silver diode plate and the external casing. I'm excited to see what they're capable of! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I was just thinking about you the other day and was wondering how your adventures were coming along. Thanks for the update Daniel!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Don't stop, Daniel! Don't stop. Keep it coming. It's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 2:51 PM, albertareef said: Thanks for the update Daniel - exciting to see this turn into a finished product! Congrats on seeing all your hard design work come together. Maybe we could get a demo at one of the upcoming meetings? BTW - who’s feeding the triggers while you are in China? Yes, I would be excited to show off the new light at an upcoming meeting. My other fishes are feeding the triggers.. 😜 I have autofeeders setup with pellets. Hopefully, it won't run out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Ran into some issues when test fitting the enclosure... When I designed the enclosure, I downloaded the 3D STEP model files for the power jack and USB plug from the manufacture. I just assume that their drawings would be up to date. Unfortunately, the power jacks and USB plugs are 0.4mm higher in real life product than their 3D model files. Urrgg!!! Now, the enclosure mold tooling needs to be modified and this will take 10 days, which will push the production of these enclosure to after Chinese New Year. Another issues I ran into is the OLED screen pins arrangement were not what I specified. I was planning to connect the OLED screen with jumper cables to the main circuit board. I've already ordered the jumper cables, but now I need to modify the cable wires so the pins will match up (gnd to gnd, vcc to vcc, etc..). Once I finished assembling what I can now, I'll be heading to Taiwan to celebrate Chinese New year with my wife and son. I'll have to make another trip to get everything done. This will give me time to refine the software user interface. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Very nice. Awesome to see someone pushing the boundaries and taking chances. Looking forward to see what they can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Hey Daniel do you have an expected price point? Also what will the average tank coverage of a fixture? Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 I am making 2 models for now. Top of the line (deluxe) will have 72 LED diodes over 9 different spectrum that you can control individually. The standard model will have 48 diodes over 9 different spectrum but 6 channels (similar spectrum will be grouped). As a comparison, top of the line Eco Marine only has 46 LED diodes. Even with the trade war tariff of 25%, I think I can still price way below the competition with much better specs. As for tank coverage, I purposely reduce the spread to 80degs because I like to hang my lights up high and I don't like light bleed into my living room when I watch TV. Tank coverage will depends on what you like to keep. For SPS, with 2 separate main light source per unit, it should help with self-shadowing. Die-hard SPS growers will still want to pack in as many light they can depending on how dense they like to grow the SPS. For LPS and Softies tank, one unit will be more than enough. If your tank is big, just hang the lights higher. I still need to spend some time thinking of marketing names for the different models.. I don't know if I like deluxe and standard.... Maybe ReeFi Gen2 and ReeFi Gen2 Extreme. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Most of the LEDs I'm using are Cree XP-E2. These are 20+% brighter than Cree XP-E that I used in ReeFi LED Pendant (first gen) at same power level. I can't wait till I get these over my own tank! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Will be great to have some options for those of us with longer tank dimensions. The pendants will work but a unit that better matches the tank profile makes a lot of sense as you (theoretically) should be able to get better coverage with fewer fixtures. Looking forward to seeing these in action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Reefi Gen 2 & Reefi Gen 2XSent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocboat Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Will you be able to offer wider lenses for wider tanks? I know you said to hang the lights higher for wider tanks but that also reduces PAR . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Will you be able to offer wider lenses for wider tanks? I know you said to hang the lights higher for wider tanks but that also reduces PAR .If there are lots of demand, I can mass produce wider reflectors to justify the tooling cost. If only a few, I can probably 3D print it.Keep in mind, these units will have more light output than most high-end LEDs out now.Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 I got a call last night from glass panel factory owner. The samples he showed me before was beautifully made but the night before delivery of mass production, he said the 3rd party that does electroplating process messed up and these do not pass quality check. He will need to order new glasses, tempered them, then use a different electroplating company to make the mirror finish. This means more delays. At least he's honest with me. I rather have delays and told me I will not accept poor quality panels.Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 On 1/16/2019 at 7:58 PM, R-3 said: Hey Daniel do you have an expected price point? Also what will the average tank coverage of a fixture? Thanks In addition to this what is the coverage on the two different models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 12 hours ago, danlu_gt said: I got a call last night from glass panel factory owner. The samples he showed me before was beautifully made but the night before delivery of mass production, he said the 3rd party that does electroplating process messed up and these do not pass quality check. He will need to order new glasses, tempered them, then use a different electroplating company to make the mirror finish. This means more delays. At least he's honest with me. I rather have delays and told me I will not accept poor quality panels. Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk Ouch - at least you are discovering these things before it's too late to fix them. Frustrating I'm sure though. Good luck ironing out the production details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/19/2019 at 12:44 AM, youcallmenny said: In addition to this what is the coverage on the two different models? The ReeFi LED Gen2 will be equivalent to Radion G4 Pro at about 20%-25% lower price point. This is an estimate now. Difference in ReeFi LED Gen2 vs Gen2 Extreme is number of LEDs (48 vs 72) and number of controllable channels (6 vs 9). The light output angle will be the same between the 2 models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I'm back at China. The glass panels issue got resolved and look great. I've tested one unit fully assembled and can't wait to get these over my tanks.So I have all parts shipped to my brother's factory. Between last trip and this trip, my box of thermal paste went missing. I hope my brother didn't take it back thinking that it's his wife's facial serums. HahaSent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Here's a quick preview, set to barely on to show off all the color diodes.Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Daniel, they look awesome! I really like the mirror plate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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