Solderless Kits? / new driver

[Duvallj]

Whats the word on the newer solderless kits? I was actually sitting down to order one but then seen they're going to be improved?

Also I see that you have a new 700mA driver, will these be available with the new kit?


I was thinking of using two of these new drivers, one with 10 xt-e royal blues and the other with 5 xp-g.. would these drivers work well for this?




My purposed setup is going over a 16 gallon AGA filled with mainly softies. From what I can tell this should be plenty light and the lower amperage also helps with heat/longevity (right?) Would this setup work?

[propeine]

I think you would be able to handle SPS as well with that much light. I cannot comment on the new drivers though. I'm still looking for my own.

[Rapid LED]

That's plenty of light for a 16g tank, and yes we're going to re-do some smaller kits with the new drivers as well. Give us a couple of weeks as we're waiting for the solderless to come in, they're will be a lot less wiring involved with the newer stuff.

[tawolcott]

waiting as well... Do you have any materials available on what the new stuff will be?

[Rapid LED]

We don't yet, but basically you'll be able to connect the LEDs to each other via a connector wire (no need for LED Terminals, LED Extension wires, terminal to terminal jumpers). It'll basically clean up the wiring a good amount.

[tawolcott]

Any idea where the pricing is going to fall, relative to the current solderless?

[Rapid LED]

Should actually be a little cheaper, especially when factoring in all the accessories that are needed for the current solderless.

[balto777]

Can't wait to see these new solderless kits. What stopped me from getting them before was the mess of wiring, so these should be interesting. Unfortunately, I just received my new soldering station for one of your standard kits . . .

[tawolcott]

I'll reach out to you by fone. Looking to order asap if the new setup looks reasonable.

[theitalianczech]

Any news on when the ew solderless kits will be available?

[gpx1200]

if you look at the individual led listings they have pics of the new solderless leds listed

[Rapid LED]

Just waiting on the wires to come in and we'll be ready to sell! We were told a week about two weeks ago so I'm hesitant to keep saying one week since I know it's been several already, I'll update with an exact ETA once I get one.

[tawolcott]

The 6x20 drilled heatsinks aren't in either (or are out again)? I'm dying to give you some money but patience is running thin. Every time I look something that I need is 'unavailable'

[Rapid LED]

6" x 20" heatsinks are out until mid-August. Shoot us an email at [email protected], I'm sure we can work something out where we'll hold what you need so items don't go out of stock while you're waiting for the rest to come in.

Also, we got confirmation that the wires will come in this week so the solderless will be ready for sale before the end of the week.

[Tasler]

Tagging along to be updated on the new solderless kit.

[Rapid LED]

Solderless kits are up for purchase now, I'll see what I can do about posting a really quick (ie. poorly edited) video later today so you guys can see exactly what the kit is all about.

For those that can't wait, you basically get one wire and plug between two LEDs throughout the chain. At the end, simply cap the LED string with a LED plug on one end and use a Driver jumper at the beginning to connect to your driver. Super straight-forward, just make sure each connector is plugged in before powering up and make sure all the LEDs are facing the same direction. The wires come in 1.5", 3", 4.5" and 6" lengths so your build can be as clean as possible.

[theitalianczech]

For a 6 x 9 heatsink with 24 leds what length of wire would you recommend if i wanted to alternate white blue white blue

[Rapid LED]

Probably the 3" if you're going with every other LED.

[theitalianczech]

Thanks

[Tasler]

Were you able to place the video somewhere to be viewed yet? Also ealier in the posts you said pricing may be a little cheaper with the new kits, is this still so?

[jm23]

The 6" x 20" heatsinks that are predrilled for 36 leds, are they three rows of 12 or how are they set-up?

[Rapid LED]

Fresh off the cutting room floor!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fwVP61kiM

The 6" x 20" heatsinks we drill/tap are 4 rows of 9.

[discol76]

Big thumbs up on the new solderless kits, looks like a big improvement on the previous kit. Do you plan on adding the XTE or XML white leds to the range ?

[Michael cicco]

here is a problem i reached building the solderless kits, first off i need to build a 6 foot tank in 72, now if i was to go blue blue white , or even blue white , even the 6in connectors that you get with the kits dont reach the other color when building the light, so now after wanting to avoid having to solder im at the store buying more wire so i can strip the connectors and solder wire to make the solderless connectors reach, sounds like a problem when you buy something that soilderless and you have to solder anyways, now however if your not doing a 6 foot tank i still think the reach from every other color is still longer then 6 in , i would like to see much longer connectors the what you get with the kits , seems like after spending the money better off just soldering the whold thing from the start.

[Rapid LED]

Originally Posted by discol76

Big thumbs up on the new solderless kits, looks like a big improvement on the previous kit. Do you plan on adding the XTE or XML white leds to the range ?

We do have the XT-E's already here: http://www.rapidled.com/solderless-c...oyal-blue-led/

No plans at the moment for the XM-L's however.