Anyone Thinking of Dumping LEDS and going back to Halides
- Thread starter Goldcoastreefs
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If not MH, who has been buying (needing) chillers, all these years?
James77
Team RC
People running tanks that run hot, a lot of it due to halides. However, in no way does that mean that the majority of people running halides need/run chillers.
Start another poll....or maybe ask Gallup to bump the next Presidential ratings off for a week to get a national poll going. Fact is, most people do not need chillers when they run halides. Of all the reefers houses I have been to over a decade(maybe 2-3 dozen?) only 2 had chillers. That is in the Northeast...where it is cool most the year. but in the summer it can be 100 or more degrees....still never needed a chiller.
Here in Australia its chillers most of the year, halide or no halide.
Found this tank, looks pretty good pure led from the start
It also, in no way means that the majority don't ... Which is why I asked the poster where he got his info from!
Bpb
New member
I guess in a way it is, but in this area of the country I've yet to meet someone without some form of A/C in their home. I'd still be running the ac just as much with LEDs, or heck, even with no home aquaria at all.
Bpb
New member
One might think so, but that hasn't been my experience exactly. My tank is in my living room which has a 15 ft ceiling along with fans. I can only assume that helps to dissipate heat. Kind of beside the point. My ac runs pretty much constantly whether I keep a tank or not. I've always lived in a hot enviornment , but not always kept aquariums with metal halide lighting. I'm sure if I felt so inclined I could sit by the thermostat and time and log it's run time, but I'll pass. You'll just have to take my word for it. All I see is a wash because my heater doesn't have to run when the lights are on. When they're off it cycles on and off every 20 minutes to keep the tank warm. I'd say any increase in AC run time is negligible at best.
Bpb
New member
Gotcha. Well I can't disagree there. Ambient temperature combined with evaporative cooling has indeed kept the water adequately chilled.
Johnseye
Reef Addict
Without A/C if my house is 82 degrees my tank is 82 degrees or very close. With fans a couple degrees less. With A/C it will be the same as the house.
I have LEDs. Just pointing out that if you're running AC or fans it's going to lower your temps decreasing the need for a chiller. No AC or fans when ambient temps are over 80 or so will require a chiller to keep temps low. This should be obvious.
I have LEDs. Just pointing out that if you're running AC or fans it's going to lower your temps decreasing the need for a chiller. No AC or fans when ambient temps are over 80 or so will require a chiller to keep temps low. This should be obvious.
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d2mini
Premium Member
My halides may warm up my water, but in NO way do they contribute to any heat in the house causing the ac to run more.
They're light bulbs. Not space heaters.
shifty51008
12-5 Chiefs record
you can have an LED setup and still need a chiller depending on the type of setup you have. if you have hot running pumps, in a house with no AC then your most likely gonna need a chiller. like James said, it's all about managment.
I have ran dual 400's over my 75 gal for 3 years and the heaters were still kicking on during the day because my sump is in a cool basement. I am now running 250's but it is the same issue, heaters still need to run.
I have ran dual 400's over my 75 gal for 3 years and the heaters were still kicking on during the day because my sump is in a cool basement. I am now running 250's but it is the same issue, heaters still need to run.
How do you figure that... Anything in the house that's above 'room temp' is contributing to a temp. increase... This would include most electrical appliances but especially ovens, clothes dryer, frig/freezer, dish washer... even sunlight thru open blinds will add heat to the room. MH bulbs certainly add heat to your home.
shifty51008
12-5 Chiefs record
not if you vent your canopy to the outside.
James77
Team RC
But I have shown some evidence that people don't....through polls. Although they are small numbers...it is still something. I almost never see chillers around here.
Mine sure isn't. I don't have a central AC, but I run window AC's in my living room/dining room(double parlr0 and my bedroom. I run them for me, not my tank. I think 2 or 3 years ago, I ran them for the tank for about a week when it was exceptionally hot and humid around here, like 100+ outside and about 90 inside.
Otherwise I only turn on the AC in the room the tank is in when I will be there long enough, which is only several nights a month.
OK folks, let's keep it real friendly this time around. If you can't add intelligently and without personal attacks, then please back out of this thread. We are going to be keeping a very close eye on it and personal attacks of any kind will be met with infractions and possibly loss of posting privileges if repeated. Is it really worth losing your privileges because your viewpoints contrast with a fellow hobbyist so much?
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