Anyone using these lights?
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No harm in giving you a glimpse though.
onecrzyboi4u
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i'm hearin how ups ground shippin is bad and they break things.. this is commin from a guy who works for ups...
onecrzyboi4u
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i'll be damn thats pretty * cries* lol.. i think my fish will like the new look...
Warboc
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DAVER said:
One cool thing is that I know I like the bulbs now and I can order repalcement bulbs from them fairly inexpensively. They were willing to sell me one for $25 including shipping to replace one of mine so I imagine it would not cost much more.
Note: The bulbs are not listed on their website but you can get them by calling. I realize the following is a rehash of some of my previous comments in the thread but... They get the bulbs in bulk and thus give them away free with the units. Also means they can sell them cheap when you need replacements.
onecrzyboi4u
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how are u guys payin for your lights or skimmers.. and how long it taken u guys to get it?
Warboc
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I believe it was a paypal transaction via their website. I ordered both my lights it on a Tuesday night. They shipped out on the next day. I got the small unit in that Friday. I got the larger MH unit in the following Wednesday. The warehouse for the smaller unit was in Texas, according to the shipping label. The MH unit was shipped from Cali.
onecrzyboi4u
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i'm trying to figure out how long i'll have to wait on mine to come.. i'm orderin money order.. i'm sendin the money order off tomorrow mornin..
onecrzyboi4u
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anyone have any ideas?
Ebisan
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Lights look nice. I have mine sitting on the tile floor turned on trying to see how hot it will get and see if anything goes boom. 
I will be hanging mine. The hanging accessories are pretty cool. However, I'm having trouble figuring out how it connects to the ceiling. The end piece, which the end of the cable attaches, has a female end that is threaded for a screw. So from the ceiling, a threaded piece like a screw needs to be mounted. Is there a hanging kit I can buy from Home Depot? I was hoping I could just drill a hole and use one of those screw with the expanding plastic to secure the cable. Warboc, you have the same hardware and probably know what I mean about that end piece. I'll probably head over to HD tomorrow.
I will be hanging mine. The hanging accessories are pretty cool. However, I'm having trouble figuring out how it connects to the ceiling. The end piece, which the end of the cable attaches, has a female end that is threaded for a screw. So from the ceiling, a threaded piece like a screw needs to be mounted. Is there a hanging kit I can buy from Home Depot? I was hoping I could just drill a hole and use one of those screw with the expanding plastic to secure the cable. Warboc, you have the same hardware and probably know what I mean about that end piece. I'll probably head over to HD tomorrow.
BIGGUN
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As for the color difference, make sure the "nipple" of the bulb is in the up position on both bulbs. MH's usually take 100-150 hours to "burn in" and attain their true color and intensity.
When you buy bulbs in the future I would suggest looking at other brands. Maybe a local reefer or two has a 150 DE you could borrow and fire up in your fixture next to your current bulb. There's no better way to compare them. Oh, and don't use an 8-12 month old bulb to compare to yours. Try to get them as close to the same age as possible.
Kevin
When you buy bulbs in the future I would suggest looking at other brands. Maybe a local reefer or two has a 150 DE you could borrow and fire up in your fixture next to your current bulb. There's no better way to compare them. Oh, and don't use an 8-12 month old bulb to compare to yours. Try to get them as close to the same age as possible.
Kevin
chrisstie
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Just to answer someones question about shipping and what not..
We ordered online from the site and used Paypal for our lights\skimmer (we also got a cheap thermometor that will be fine for us as its pretty accurate and reads indoors\out)
Processing went through in a day and items arrived about 6 days later so it took just about a week to do.
We also had a UPS tracking number to track our stuff so we weren't in the dark going "will it come for real, is it too good to b true?"
We're still debating if the stand will hold all the weight of the tank and may reinforce it so we may or may not have water in it yet..
We live in orlando and are going to get a TBS package so once we do that i'll be able to start to give some feedback as far as the performance of the jebo skimmer- some google groups results and other feedback i've read here about them suggests they aren't your top of the line euroreef, but certainly get the job done for the price and are a lot cheaper than your crappy marineland petsmart brand.
Here's to good luck with our new setups and equipment *cheerS*
We ordered online from the site and used Paypal for our lights\skimmer (we also got a cheap thermometor that will be fine for us as its pretty accurate and reads indoors\out)
Processing went through in a day and items arrived about 6 days later so it took just about a week to do.
We also had a UPS tracking number to track our stuff so we weren't in the dark going "will it come for real, is it too good to b true?"
We're still debating if the stand will hold all the weight of the tank and may reinforce it so we may or may not have water in it yet..
We live in orlando and are going to get a TBS package so once we do that i'll be able to start to give some feedback as far as the performance of the jebo skimmer- some google groups results and other feedback i've read here about them suggests they aren't your top of the line euroreef, but certainly get the job done for the price and are a lot cheaper than your crappy marineland petsmart brand.
Here's to good luck with our new setups and equipment *cheerS*
onecrzyboi4u
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Well chrisstie i hope your equiptment works out.. i hope to get my lights in 2 weeks and mine work lol.. i been searchin and searchin for a good light.. i really didn't want to pay 400 dollars for a light i couldn't afford it.. i hope these guys work..
BIGGUN
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Dave,
Aren't the ends on a 250 symetrical? The ends on a 150 are a straight edge with a contact in the middle. The bulb goes in the socket with the edge in a vertical position. So if when it's in place the nipple is on the lower half of the bulb you can take the bulb out rotate 180 degrees and put it back in. Then on top of that you can pivot the bulb in the socket until the flat edges hit the socket which gives you some relief in each direction.
Kevin
Aren't the ends on a 250 symetrical? The ends on a 150 are a straight edge with a contact in the middle. The bulb goes in the socket with the edge in a vertical position. So if when it's in place the nipple is on the lower half of the bulb you can take the bulb out rotate 180 degrees and put it back in. Then on top of that you can pivot the bulb in the socket until the flat edges hit the socket which gives you some relief in each direction.
Kevin
