chinese led lights

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mlott132 said:
This is the one I have on order. They are the same lights that bhazard bought except they are aluminum case. The lights came in today unfortunately there was a mixup in shipping and I received one of my fixtures and one of someone elses. So now I have to wait for the other person to receive my light and send it to me. I hope to have them setup on the tank this weekend so I will post pics/review then.
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mlott132,
I have 2 on order that should be here by the end of the week. Who's did you get by mistake? Hope it wasn't mine.
 
chlwodud85 said:
Ok, im about to pull the trigger on the A8 lights on my 225g tank (84" x 24 x 24). I think two of these lights should be good but I also want to know if its worth the pricing. It looks like the total cost will be almost $750 for two of these lights if not more and that seems alot for aftermarket lights. Any thoughts?
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The A8 runs 96 3w leds, 192 in total for 2 fixtures. If you used AI Sols as an example with 20 leds each fixture, you would need to use around 8-9 of them costing ~$3,500 for around the same output. That's quite a difference.
 
Has anyone gotten their programmable controller light from twilight? I'm still waiting for some reviews of the fixture before I make my decision.

I'm on still the fence if I even need/want a programmable controller. I have an apex and with my MH lights now and I don't ramp up. I could save $$ getting the Evergrow fixture. The 1 light I already got from Evergrow 30b/25w is pretty sweet.

$521 Twilight/ $360 Evergrow. hmm decisions
 
Dobbs1101 said:
Has anyone gotten their programmable controller light from twilight? I'm still waiting for some reviews of the fixture before I make my decision.

I'm on still the fence if I even need/want a programmable controller. I have an apex and with my MH lights now and I don't ramp up. I could save $$ getting the Evergrow fixture. The 1 light I already got from Evergrow 30b/25w is pretty sweet.

$521 Twilight/ $360 Evergrow. hmm decisions
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I'm getting mine today or tomorrow.

A little birdie told me Evergrow will be making a programmable light soon too. I gotta say, watching the dimming happen over the day is pretty cool and I really enjoy it, but its so much easier to turn a knob instead.
 
So far I think the best Chinese LED's are they ones your wife doesn't catch you pricing out before you have a chance to skillfully explain how they fit in your budget ;) BUSTED ;) ;)
 
dsdaley77 said:
So far I think the best Chinese LED's are they ones your wife doesn't catch you pricing out before you have a chance to skillfully explain how they fit in your budget ;) BUSTED ;) ;)
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Make sure to include the electricity and bulb changing savings that could be used for her shoe budget instead. I'm sure she'll come around. lol
 
I've been e-mailing Jason at Twilight about this light:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-g...ght-with-LCD-Timer-for-coral-wholesalers.html

Any of you guys see a need for any tweaking in this design? I'm leaning towards eliminating the red and replace with 2 more blues or 2 more violets. I will be buying 2 fixtures and hanging them above a 90 gallon (48x18x24)

So far, the configuration we've come up with looks like this:
x3iw0g.jpg
 
headstrong said:
I've been e-mailing Jason at Twilight about this light:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-g...ght-with-LCD-Timer-for-coral-wholesalers.html

Any of you guys see a need for any tweaking in this design? I'm leaning towards eliminating the red and replace with 2 more blues or 2 more violets. I will be buying 2 fixtures and hanging them above a 90 gallon (48x18x24)

So far, the configuration we've come up with looks like this:
x3iw0g.jpg
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Less blue, a little more white. I like the multiple white combo, and the reds/violets look good. This is something I would go with.
 
bhazard451 said:
Less blue, a little more white. I like the multiple white combo, and the reds/violets look good. This is something I would go with.
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I really do like a tank to be more on the purple/blue side. I remember a couple sample photos you posted and like those colors with maybe a touch more blue/purple. I can, however, replace the two blue that hug the violets at each end and replace with 1 CW and 1 WW (for 4 total whites) in their place to even out the ratio a bit if you think the blue will over power. (result 31Blue:12CoolW:7WarmW)
 
headstrong said:
I really do like a tank to be more on the purple/blue side. I remember a couple sample photos you posted and like those colors with maybe a touch more blue/purple. I can, however, replace the two blue that hug the violets at each end and replace with 1 CW and 1 WW (for 4 total whites) in their place to even out the ratio a bit if you think the blue will over power. (result 31Blue:12CoolW:7WarmW)
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In that case, keep the ratio you have. I like a 12-14k look myself, so more whites wouldn't work well.
 
Go to youtube and type this in

"reef aquarium lighting in depth.central valley reefers"

Great video on lighting covering leds and mh. It is an hour long but very informative and seems to answer some questions about red, green, etc... leds.
 
bhazard451 said:
I'm getting mine today or tomorrow.

A little birdie told me Evergrow will be making a programmable light soon too. I gotta say, watching the dimming happen over the day is pretty cool and I really enjoy it, but its so much easier to turn a knob instead.
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Cool, yes please post the results. I am very much on the fence of getting at least one to try on my next order from Twilight. I still am not a big fan of the colored membrane buttons they went with on the unit. Lyn did mention that you can get it with the manual knobs and digital timer, that might be a good option in the off chance of a failure, the light then just functions as a manual one until you can get a replacement part DHL.
 
tomgndallas said:
Cool, yes please post the results. I am very much on the fence of getting at least one to try on my next order from Twilight. I still am not a big fan of the colored membrane buttons they went with on the unit. Lyn did mention that you can get it with the manual knobs and digital timer, that might be a good option in the off chance of a failure, the light then just functions as a manual one until you can get a replacement part DHL.
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I don't think that would be the case. With the power routed through the timer, if the timer/lcd stopped working, the light itself may cease functioning. The only thing routed differently would be the DIM+ DIM- wires connected to a knob potentiometer instead of the controller.

Daring individuals could also use a 0-10v to PWM converter, and connect to an Apex instead of lcd controller if desired. Not sure if they use the same drivers on the knob model.
 
citibank does not do 3 d secure.. so can not use that card to do payment with aliexpress. nuts... so now simon at twilight suggested paypal.. do they do paypal at alibaba.. otherwise known as aliexpress.. is it safer than credit card.. i have never tried so hard to give a seller money..

nuts
 
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