Kessil Club

Looking to get a Kessil for my Nuvo Lagoon 25G. Weighting the benefit of the A160WE or the A360WE, since the area of the tank is realistically only 24" x 15" x 12".
 
muz_z said:
Any one help me here with my lights and controller

It seems as it transitions from each set point the lights turn off and on again
Kessil controller 2 x A360We

Anyone else have this problem?
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Can you post a photo of your lighting graph on the controller?

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muz_z said:
Also this morning a 5:13am the lights flashed on for a brief second the controller come on showing 0% and 0% ?


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As for this, I'm not sure about the controller. But my 360 flashes all night long. About half a second each time. Once every, I dunno, half hour maybe? I've never been able to determine why...

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Yes spectral controller
I had mine replaced under warranty and haven't had the issues since


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New to the led game, but think I'm going kessil. Setting up a 29 gallon at the moment. Dimensions are 30x13x18. I'm not sure the direction of the tank but probably going to keep a few acros. What's best lighting? 1 a360we, 2 a160we's or even thought about 2 a360we?
 
Does anyone else clean their Kessil's? I bought three used Kessils. Two of them would shut off after 15 minutes. Use a compressor and blow the dust out of the cooling fins inside the unit. Mine were overheating. Look inside it, if dusty then clean it.
 
logan 12 said:
New to the led game, but think I'm going kessil. Setting up a 29 gallon at the moment. Dimensions are 30x13x18. I'm not sure the direction of the tank but probably going to keep a few acros. What's best lighting? 1 a360we, 2 a160we's or even thought about 2 a360we?
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A single A360 wont be enough due to the length of the tank; is the tank 30x13x18 (LxWxH) or 30x18x13 (LxWxH)? If the width is only 13", an "N" series light is probably a better choice than a "W" series. If you can afford two A360 (W or N based on whatever you need), it will give you the most flexibility but you might be able to get away with a pair of A160s; this would give you roughly the output of a single A360 but lets you separate the lights for better coverage left to right with possibly enough par in the center of the tank up higher for some SPS. I dont have any hands on experience with the A160s so I dont know their real world PAR performance.
 
smoothmove said:
Does anyone else clean their Kessil's? I bought three used Kessils. Two of them would shut off after 15 minutes. Use a compressor and blow the dust out of the cooling fins inside the unit. Mine were overheating. Look inside it, if dusty then clean it.
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I blow mine out occasionally. I'm always surprised how much dust builds up. The only problem is that dust collects on the inside of the splash lens when I do it. I called Kessil about it and they made a notation on my warranty so could open it up and not void it.
 
madweazl said:
A single A360 wont be enough due to the length of the tank; is the tank 30x13x18 (LxWxH) or 30x18x13 (LxWxH)? If the width is only 13", an "N" series light is probably a better choice than a "W" series. If you can afford two A360 (W or N based on whatever you need), it will give you the most flexibility but you might be able to get away with a pair of A160s; this would give you roughly the output of a single A360 but lets you separate the lights for better coverage left to right with possibly enough par in the center of the tank up higher for some SPS. I dont have any hands on experience with the A160s so I dont know their real world PAR performance.
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Thanks for the reply, yes that's LxWxH. Only 13" wide, 2 A360WEs or the N is not out of the question. That was my original thinking, just don't want to go overkill on leds when I don't need to. Just want to be able to throw anything in there without worry at least when it comes to light.
 
muz_z said:
Well I thought my problems with the lights flashing and flicking on and off were gone with the replacement controller but it is still happening [emoji35]
It actually seems worse now!


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Really eh? Mine has pretty much always flashed

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I have a spectral controller running my a160 tuna sun over my planted tank and no flashing issues. I wonder if it's a 360 issue


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Well I joined the club. Picked up a H380 for my fuge. I was really surprised at how light the unit was. For some reason I was expecting it to be hard and heavy. Objectively, it feels a bit China.

By the way, does anyone have PAR readings @ 18" for the 360 N version?
 
logan 12 said:
New to the led game, but think I'm going kessil. Setting up a 29 gallon at the moment. Dimensions are 30x13x18. I'm not sure the direction of the tank but probably going to keep a few acros. What's best lighting? 1 a360we, 2 a160we's or even thought about 2 a360we?
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I'm running a single Kessil A360w over a IM 50 Lagoon 30x20x16. I have LPS, Bubble tip Anemones and softies. The Kessil lights the tank nicely and I haven't had any issues growing the listed corals, but I think I would have been better off with two A160's
 
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