SeanT
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Anyone seen these LED's?
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Does look DIY but pretty cool.
I have the same issue with it as with the others. Actually I have a few but one main one is the equivalent light claim. They tell you they compared to a 250 watt halide in reflector. They claim equivalent to 200 watt. But what 250 watt halide are they using as a reference? For all I know it could be something like an XM 20K DE on electronic ballast ... which has crap for par. And then this 650 dollar unit wouldnt even match that because it is only 200 watt equivalent.
Then there is the fact that they give a lot of information about how we are overlighting our tanks. That kinda sounds like they are trying to justify a unit that isnt all that impressive in output.
My understanding is that the PFO unit is actually using close to the energy that a halide would when translated into par for watt. If that is where the current LED technology is at in terms of really producing a unit suitable for lighting our tanks then the 105 watts that this LED unit is using doesnt seem to tanslate to much light relative to halides which further makes me think that they may be using a very low par halide as I mentioned.
But regardless of any of this ... its good to see somebody else entering the scene with an LED unit. I think it looks kinda ghetto for 650 bucks and I wouldnt touch one but you never know ... this company (or guy working in his garage) may come up with some viable, different approach and refine his light over the next couple of years and become a real player in the near future when LED for the reef is truly an affordable, "real" option. That is if argon doesnt emerge more quickly
But what do I know. Im sticking with halide ... for the very near future anyway.
I have the same issue with it as with the others. Actually I have a few but one main one is the equivalent light claim. They tell you they compared to a 250 watt halide in reflector. They claim equivalent to 200 watt. But what 250 watt halide are they using as a reference? For all I know it could be something like an XM 20K DE on electronic ballast ... which has crap for par. And then this 650 dollar unit wouldnt even match that because it is only 200 watt equivalent.
Then there is the fact that they give a lot of information about how we are overlighting our tanks. That kinda sounds like they are trying to justify a unit that isnt all that impressive in output.
My understanding is that the PFO unit is actually using close to the energy that a halide would when translated into par for watt. If that is where the current LED technology is at in terms of really producing a unit suitable for lighting our tanks then the 105 watts that this LED unit is using doesnt seem to tanslate to much light relative to halides which further makes me think that they may be using a very low par halide as I mentioned.
But regardless of any of this ... its good to see somebody else entering the scene with an LED unit. I think it looks kinda ghetto for 650 bucks and I wouldnt touch one but you never know ... this company (or guy working in his garage) may come up with some viable, different approach and refine his light over the next couple of years and become a real player in the near future when LED for the reef is truly an affordable, "real" option. That is if argon doesnt emerge more quickly
But what do I know. Im sticking with halide ... for the very near future anyway.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12294194#post12294194 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DarG
Does look DIY but pretty cool.
I have the same issue with it as with the others. Actually I have a few but one main one is the equivalent light claim. They tell you they compared to a 250 watt halide in reflector. They claim equivalent to 200 watt. But what 250 watt halide are they using as a reference? For all I know it could be something like an XM 20K DE on electronic ballast ... which has crap for par. And then this 650 dollar unit wouldnt even match that because it is only 200 watt equivalent.
Then there is the fact that they give a lot of information about how we are overlighting our tanks. That kinda sounds like they are trying to justify a unit that isnt all that impressive in output.
My understanding is that the PFO unit is actually using close to the energy that a halide would when translated into par for watt. If that is where the current LED technology is at in terms of really producing a unit suitable for lighting our tanks then the 105 watts that this LED unit is using doesnt seem to tanslate to much light relative to halides which further makes me think that they may be using a very low par halide as I mentioned.
But regardless of any of this ... its good to see somebody else entering the scene with an LED unit. I think it looks kinda ghetto for 650 bucks and I wouldnt touch one but you never know ... this company (or guy working in his garage) may come up with some viable, different approach and refine his light over the next couple of years and become a real player in the near future when LED for the reef is truly an affordable, "real" option. That is if argon doesnt emerge more quickly
But what do I know. Im sticking with halide ... for the very near future anyway.
Coundn't agree more!
