LED lights question

[tcoral]

Will do, I like the fact that it doesn't need a bulky ballast either. *sigh* that just means I have another piece of equipment I need to sell again in my MH retrofit.

Exotic has these things backordered so somebody's using them (lucky they had 2 in stock that I wanted).

 

[P.Kelly]

Any interest in letting the club "test" a unit with our PAR meter for comparison to other light sources in a existing tank environment as a comparison to Metal Halides and T5s?

 

[tcoral]

Looks like Exotic tested theirs with a LUX meeter against metal halide. exotic LED test

I was only able to get 2 48" units though, maybe test them against 2 t-5's?

 

[reefdragon1086]

they are not from canada they are straight from CHINA that guy you saw testing the light he told me he went to china to make them ( that guy is cocky ) i don't believe anything they say over there. i could give you a web page to get as many as you want don't have to spend $100 each.

 

[bored4long]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13315193#post13315193 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petes97
Any interest in letting the club "test" a unit with our PAR meter for comparison to other light sources in a existing tank environment as a comparison to Metal Halides and T5s?

:thumbsup: I'm very interested in PAR on these, too. Keep pushing, Pete.

 

[gem]

I don't think too much pushing would be neccesary. I was talking to Beverly about the units they make and I'm pretty sure she would be happy to let someone test them. Ya probably just gotta ask. = )

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

The sales pitch at Exotic was quite convincing. No ballast needed, you just run power to them straight out of the wall, they have lots of colors available, including actinics, and no reflectors needed. Really tempting, but $900 would be a really expensive test on my 100 gallon. It seems like the 100 gallon tank would be really bright and about 100W power consumption while all-on. I estimate a 3 year ROI if I don't factor in whatever a pair of 175W MH's and ballast would sell for. That includes power savings and elimination of replacement bulbs factored at once a year. He also mentioned a 2-year in-home warranty. Tempting, but not quite proven enough yet for my taste.

Is there actually a less expensive source?