fuge lights

[iansnakebite]

hi i need to get a light for my fuge i'm building but not sure what to get people have sugested this http://www.lightbulbsdirect.com/page/001/PROD/Reflectors/1P381951
but its no good for me as only 110v i live in uk which is 240v.

also i've got live sand in my tank should i put it in my fuge too?

 

[soulja221]

Im going to try and answer one of your questions, yes if you've got the sand in your tank to spare, throw some in the fuge. I've got a mix of sand and live rock rubble in mine as well as a ton of macro. this is the setup i have inside my stand for my fuge.

 

[iansnakebite]

so realy any old high powered spot light will do?

 

[ChemE]

In a word; Wow!

In a word; Wow!

Soulja221, you are seriously using 300 watts of lighting in your fuge? That is 3 times more energy than it takes me to run my entire 55 gallon reef tank! I really do think that you should look into the bulb that Melev recommends (the 19 watter mentioned in the first post). It stands to save you 281 watts which is 207 kWH per month. I pay $0.10 per kWH here in FL so that is $20.51 per month you can save just in your fuge! Now the lowest rate in the nation is Kentucky who pays about $0.06 per kWH (cheap coal) but this is still $12.41 a month in savings.

 

[iansnakebite]

bump

 

[iansnakebite]

i need help on this one as all my bits to do the fuge will be ariving in a day or so and will have no lights ;-(

 

[iansnakebite]

bump

 

[ChemE]

How about a voltage converter? State-side they are $20 and would allow you to run Melev's bulb on your 220V/50Hz juice. I know its not ideal but it is at least an option.

Alternatively you could search for any 5100K PC bulb that runs on 220/50 which admitedly might be quite difficult but there should be some out there.