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I couldn't remember exactly how old they were so kessil looked up the serial number and they were 2.5 yrs old. So no further offers except the previous ones mentioned.
 
Thing is....Kessil can tell when they built it from a serial number but they cannot tell when it was sold to the consumer (your 2.5yr old light could easily have been sitting in inventory at the wholesale or retail level for 6 or more months). The warranty period starts when the consumer buys it, not when its built.

You could still get warranty work done if you had a receipt showing you bought it within the last two yrs. (or if you had the product registered, which does the same thing)

I have found Kessil to be excellent when dealing with them...as I said previously, they replaced a 360 for which I had no receipt, I only had to pay postage from California and they didn't even want the faulty unit back. This was about 7 months ago...

I gave them a bit of a hard time about their 2 yr US warranty.. but only 1 yr for Canada. Initially they said it was because the power grid in Canada was different, but, as I noted to them on the phone, there are no differences in the two grids, that they were interconnected. Were they thinking of Europe where there are big differences? (240v)

I don't know if my conversation with them about their warranty discrimination against Canadian consumers did the trick or not, but I ended up very satisfied with their offered solution.
 
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What does everyone's schedule whos using a controller look like? Also, is there a way to lengthen the cables into to the controller? How do they expect me to control a two separate lights on opposite ends of my tank?!
 
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footballcs12 said:
What does everyone's schedule whos using a controller look like? Also, is there a way to lengthen the cables into to the controller? How do they expect me to control a two separate lights on opposite ends of my tank?!
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Just buy some 3.5mm stereo cables. You can find them on amazon. I have two 9' cables connected to my 160's.
As far as a schedule is concerned, I run mine for 12hrs, with a 3hr ramp up and down, 6hrs of peak.
 
How do they expect me to control a two separate lights on opposite ends of my tank?!
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The Kessil cable for linking two lights is approx 4' long...your two lights are over 4' apart from each other??
Cable from controller goes to closest light, and then connect that light to the other light. The controller should be able to control both lights separately on the one output line.

And the above poster is correct..don't waste your money on the Kessil brand link cable. A 3.5mm stereo cable can be had at Walmart for $4 that does the exact same thing. (Make sure you get a stereo cable, not a mono as that won't work)

My lighting schedule is the same as minus9's as well.
 
ComforablyNumb said:
The Kessil cable for linking two lights is approx 4' long...your two lights are over 4' apart from each other??
Cable from controller goes to closest light, and then connect that light to the other light. The controller should be able to control both lights separately on the one output line.

And the above poster is correct..don't waste your money on the Kessil brand link cable. A 3.5mm stereo cable can be had at Walmart for $4 that does the exact same thing. (Make sure you get a stereo cable, not a mono as that won't work)

My lighting schedule is the same as minus9's as well.
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Lights are on the opposite ends of a 75. Down thevery tubes and through the stand is over 4 feet. If I plug light 2 into light one will I be able to run them on 2 different schedules still? I have them as half the tank high light and the other half low light
 
footballcs12 said:
Lights are on the opposite ends of a 75. Down thevery tubes and through the stand is over 4 feet. If I plug light 2 into light one will I be able to run them on 2 different schedules still? I have them as half the tank high light and the other half low light
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If its on a 75gal, you should be able to use the 4' connector cable between the two lights as they would be within 4' of each other. The first cable from the controller to the closest light, if it is not long enough for your particular installation, is the one you need to replace with a longer one that you can get at Walmart, etc.

If you haven't played with programming the controller yet, you will notice that they are two separate channels to program the two lights separately. I assume this works, but I have not tried it as I run both lights the same.
 
If you want both to be on separate programs, each light needs to be plugged in to separate ports in the spectral controller.


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How long does everyone leave their kessils on. Only looking for answers from those who dont have a controller adjusting intensity.

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Need help with my 2 KESSIL 360s. I have had them running for about 8 months on a 10a-6pm light schedule with only about 4 hrs at peak intensity (55% for my tank). I ran them with a dawn/dusk ramp up for 2 hrs on mostly blue and then end at 70% color during peak intensity.

I recently read over the boards and decided to revamp my schedule about to get a more realistic light schedule and one that allows for longer viewing. It is now on from 10a-8pm with 3 hrs of ramp up/down and 4 hrs of peak intensity (55%) and color (70%). Since doing thi, the corals are doing fine but I am getting brown diatoms on the white sand bed that I hadn't had in over 8 months. Do I need to do less white channel and more blue or do I need to scale it back to an 8hr photo period?

Just a few things:
•Have them on goosenecks 9inches off water line on a 36 gal bow front.
•I know it's a lot of lighting for a small tank but I planned them for an UG in a year.


Thanks for all advice.
 
DIY controller

DIY controller

Curious if anyone has tried making a DIY controller for the Kessils with any success? I have a A160we over a cube and was thinking it would be nice to ramp up/down but wanted to go DIY if possible.
 
Scorpius said:
I always have terrible luck running Kessils on the whiter side. Things always bleached easier.
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Agree, these Kessil are just strange to say the least. They fool the eyes and par meters. Some corals love them and others don't. Has anyone found different results with the defusers or are they just another thing to mess with?
 
Jsarrow said:
Curious if anyone has tried making a DIY controller for the Kessils with any success? I have a A160we over a cube and was thinking it would be nice to ramp up/down but wanted to go DIY if possible.
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Bluefish make an Arduino based controller. DIY would likely be similar hardware but with the kessil or bluefish for $100, you would not save anything going DIY so it would just be for the fun of it.

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jiminy_crime said:
Need help with my 2 KESSIL 360s. I have had them running for about 8 months on a 10a-6pm light schedule with only about 4 hrs at peak intensity (55% for my tank). I ran them with a dawn/dusk ramp up for 2 hrs on mostly blue and then end at 70% color during peak intensity.

I recently read over the boards and decided to revamp my schedule about to get a more realistic light schedule and one that allows for longer viewing. It is now on from 10a-8pm with 3 hrs of ramp up/down and 4 hrs of peak intensity (55%) and color (70%). Since doing thi, the corals are doing fine but I am getting brown diatoms on the white sand bed that I hadn't had in over 8 months. Do I need to do less white channel and more blue or do I need to scale it back to an 8hr photo period?

Just a few things:
"¢Have them on goosenecks 9inches off water line on a 36 gal bow front.
"¢I know it's a lot of lighting for a small tank but I planned them for an UG in a year.


Thanks for all advice.
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The diatoms are because of nutrients and exposure. I've found that when running mine the color channel adds yellow and red spectrum so it might encourage algae growth. But on the brighter side the zooxanthellae are getting light too. Vacuum it up with a water change and watch the corals for burning. The bow is a pretty tall tank so I'd imagine you're doing ok for depth with the fixture being so high above the surface.
 
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