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New LEDS

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by BigBlue, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. Jan 25, 2009 #1
    BigBlue

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  2. Jan 25, 2009 #2
    REEFer Madness

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    keep us updated how well it does.
     
  3. Jan 25, 2009 #3
    gb387

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    Where did you get it?
     
  4. Jan 25, 2009 #4
    BigBlue

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    I will keep you guys up to date on who it works. I got the light from Menards.
     
  5. Jan 25, 2009 #5
    DavidM199

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    looks good
    How much was it, and is it really bright
     
  6. Jan 25, 2009 #6
    Gered

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    You got that from Menards? Looks pretty nice. Interested to see how well this will work for a fuge. Do you have a picture of the package or a name and what section you found it in? If they are cheap enough it would be fun to tear one apart and put in some blue LEDs for lunars.
     
  7. Jan 25, 2009 #7
    BigBlue

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    The light was about 20 bucks. Its called a LED task light and its made by Zilotek. I found it in the bulb section.
     
  8. Jan 25, 2009 #8
    kgehrke

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    I used to have some led's from nano-customs on my biocube's rear, and it worked really well. Grew chaeto like crazy.
     
  9. Jan 26, 2009 #9
    Lee

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    does it give any info about the color temp or light output of the led's? It looks like it woulf be fun to experiment with!
     
  10. Jan 26, 2009 #10
    BigBlue

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    It says super bright white LEDs, No heat or uv rays, and its suppost to last up to 100,000 hours.
    So far the only down fall is it will not work with my ACII. So I just had to put it on a plug in timer.
     
  11. Jan 26, 2009 #11
    Lee

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    that's strange, is it causing intereference? are you using X10 modules?
     
  12. Jan 26, 2009 #12
    BigBlue

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    Yea I'm using X-10s. I think it is causing intereference cause every time the AC shuts them off they turn right back on.
     
  13. Jan 28, 2009 #13
    dzabler

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    so i was reading about these LED's you got and wanted to try them out. I got three of them to light my refugium. i really like how it looks, i will post some pictures on here when i get them from my camera to the computer.
     
  14. Jan 28, 2009 #14
    Waverz

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    Lighting with electronic ballasts and whatnot will not work with X10's unless you add a filter, you can get them for dirt cheap on Ebay but the timer will work just as well. Why not just run it 24/7?
     

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