Anyone using these lights?
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donald altman
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I got the new bulb.. lense and Fan today... thanks goodness !!!
I noticed on the bulb it says blue.... is this a blue colored bulb or is it an actinic .....its alot bluer then the "purple" actinic I have....
the light is nice... once I get the new fan installed I think I am going to love this fixture.
the 14000k bulb seems considerable "yellower" then the 10000k
bulb my orbit fixture. But BOY is this sucker Bright....
Two switches.. one control both lights and fans it's either all on or all off.. even though there is 2 seperate switches mounted to the
fixture case.... I can't imagine why.. I got the biggest light set up made for this length fixture.. the dual bulb dual fan model... there isn't any room to add anything else so I am pussled why there would be an additional switch not going to anything... I wish I knew enough about these to take it apart to wire the blue bulb to one switch and the white to the other
I noticed on the bulb it says blue.... is this a blue colored bulb or is it an actinic .....its alot bluer then the "purple" actinic I have....
the light is nice... once I get the new fan installed I think I am going to love this fixture.
the 14000k bulb seems considerable "yellower" then the 10000k
bulb my orbit fixture. But BOY is this sucker Bright....
Two switches.. one control both lights and fans it's either all on or all off.. even though there is 2 seperate switches mounted to the
fixture case.... I can't imagine why.. I got the biggest light set up made for this length fixture.. the dual bulb dual fan model... there isn't any room to add anything else so I am pussled why there would be an additional switch not going to anything... I wish I knew enough about these to take it apart to wire the blue bulb to one switch and the white to the other
competition for aquatraders
competition for aquatraders
This guy is in Austin, I have bought a few things from him, with no complaints. He has a online store also that sells these oddesea fixtures. http://superfishstore.com/
competition for aquatraders
This guy is in Austin, I have bought a few things from him, with no complaints. He has a online store also that sells these oddesea fixtures. http://superfishstore.com/
swashbuckler
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donald altman said:
its prob just a "blue" bulb peaking at 460nm or 7100k blue- one way to tell is that it wont flouresce your corals as a true actinic would.
rollinreefer
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I see your wall screaming 300+ in wall .
donald altman
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is the "blue" light good for the coral.. is it for effect or does it matter.....
Warboc
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Ebisan said:
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mjstech
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i just saw these guys with an ad in the back of 'Tropical Fish Hobbyist' i think. I'll have to recheck.
I told a friend to order from them, as I got one of their 24" with no issues. I guess his unit would smoke a little bit, and smell like burning wire. Well he ofcourse tried to get a RMA/Return. And I guess he went through hell to get a hold of them.
They may be swamped, but they need to work on the Customer Service.
I wonder if there is any other shop that imports these and sells them for as low.
mark
I told a friend to order from them, as I got one of their 24" with no issues. I guess his unit would smoke a little bit, and smell like burning wire. Well he ofcourse tried to get a RMA/Return. And I guess he went through hell to get a hold of them.
They may be swamped, but they need to work on the Customer Service.
I wonder if there is any other shop that imports these and sells them for as low.
mark
drill a hole and use a three prong powercord... like a computer power cable just cut the end off. These pictures are bad but it gets the idea out there.
New wiring
remember the yellow colored wire is use to power the T5 on the fixture too. the other colors I made up.
Just cut the white wire from right switch that leads up to the fuse...then cut the black wire that come out the yellow coded cord, and connect it to the black wire from the new power cord.
connect the white wire from the new power cord to the other end of the wire which used to be connected to the fuse.
I also put a switch for my moonlights.
New wiring
remember the yellow colored wire is use to power the T5 on the fixture too. the other colors I made up.
Just cut the white wire from right switch that leads up to the fuse...then cut the black wire that come out the yellow coded cord, and connect it to the black wire from the new power cord.
connect the white wire from the new power cord to the other end of the wire which used to be connected to the fuse.
I also put a switch for my moonlights.
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