Orphek LED Lighting?

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I'm not buying any, just due to the fact that the company hasn't really answered any of my questions with more than a copy and paste answer that everyone else has got. That, and the lack of any real pictures over a tank says a lot to me.
 
blasterman789 said:
You guys will rate anything other than Cree as 'inferiour' with no real engineering basis other than a bunch of reef guys who think they're electrical engineers. I guess that means if it's using Rebels or Seouls or Nichia's or Bridgelux it must suck then......I'll be sure to inform their shareholders that Cree is superior cuz y'all say so.

I have a couple problems with this light already though. First, the specs are entirely goofy:

LED Qty:60pcs combines 76% of White LEDS and 23% of Blue LEDs,
Color: White Led 16.000k 160lm,
Wavelength: Blue 450nm - 460nm,

So, where's that remaining 1% going? Next, who really makes a 16k emitter at 160lumens? The fixture says it's using 60LEDs but not using 180watts, so they aren't being run at a full 3watts. So, the specs on the White LEDs can't be real unless they're running high end emitters, which is doubtful.

Next, the spacing of the blue LEDs will insure 'disco' color problems if it's not raised real high.

Last, if the light is running a 75/25 mix of white to blue then PAR won't be very competitive.
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Hey!!!.... I am a reef guy who is an electrical engineer! :(


Then again, I'm not saying who is and who isn't inferior. :spin2:
 
L98-Z said:
Hey!!!.... I am a reef guy who is an electrical engineer! :(


Then again, I'm not saying who is and who isn't inferior. :spin2:
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I am too - basically why I stay away from the DIY section as best I can - seems folks have an axe to grind over there.
 
they told me if I order I would have it in four days and why will they divulge information on someone else order, I am very skeptical right now... hope I am wrong as I would like to see more and more companies putting out LED fixture and drive the price down.
 
simone@orphek.com wrote:
> >> Dear Alan,
> >>
> >> We had a huge number of previous orders due to the free shipping
> >> promotion
> >> therefore we ran out of stock. We had to order material for the next
> >> orders including yours because we export to China the components to
> >> assembly and they had huge storm, and the flights delayed.
> >> If you wish to see it I am sending you a link:
> >> http://english.news.cn/special/2010floods/
> >> We are doing our best to supply your light as soon as possible, and we
> >> hope we will be able to send it next week.
> >> Our factory know are working 24hs, to compensate the days it was closed
> >> and provided all the orders.
> >>
> >> I have also attached some photos for you to see our production/assembly.
> >>
> >> Let's be in touch these days and as soon as I have any news for you I
> >> will
> >> send you immediately an e-mail ok?
> >>
> >> Regards Simone
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They accidentally sent me a chain of emails that were addressed to someone else...But this was from 2 days ago, so I don't know how they can get it delivered in 4 days. Seems a little fishy.
 
he/she is spending a lot of time on the emails and for a company that ran out of stock, we have yet to find a single users, this is starting to smell!
too bad! really!
 
The good news I took the plunge and order their fixtures for my new tank that I’m setting up. It arrived yesterday and my fiancée signed for it. It only took 4 days for the fixture to arrive from the time it was shipped. I was told they had alot of orders because of the free shipping deal. So it took a little longer than a week before the fixtures were shipped. The emails that westmoorenerd has posted were addressed to me, but my name is Andy not Alan. The not so good news is I'm out of town until the end of next week :(
Stay tuned I plan on doing a full review. Hopefully they will be as good as they claim.
 
The reason I posted here is because of a discussion that you cant see regarding this user's tone while posting on this website.
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I don't care for your tone either. Actually, I resent this site for allowing non-Engineers to post DIY articles on making LED lights when those parts come from a specific manufacturer and suppliers with no technical validation. This is a violation of forum rules, and my comment is sound.

CREE LEDs have been proven to be the best LEDs in terms of cost to light ratio and power efficiency.
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Bull. Cree FIXTURES have been proven to have very high efficacy ratios at typical office/living space CCTs. Cree doesn't make reef lights. Also, outside of cool-white, Cree's efficacy ratio drops like a shot duck. Try growing SPS under just cool-white and watch them die. Also, Cree has the highest lumen per dollar cost in the industry.

How many +10watt emitters does Cree make that are Energy Star certified? None. Got any royal blue XP-Gs? Corals only care care about far blue for growth, and they don't really care about the name brand of the source.

For the record, the fixture specs also '88 CRI' at 16k white emitters. Which means it's being translated from another source, and rather badly because you can't get 88CRI from a cool white emitter.
 
blasterman789 said:
I don't care for your tone either. Actually, I resent this site for allowing non-Engineers to post DIY articles on making LED lights when those parts come from a specific manufacturer and suppliers with no technical validation. This is a violation of forum rules, and my comment is sound.



Bull. Cree FIXTURES have been proven to have very high efficacy ratios at typical office/living space CCTs. Cree doesn't make reef lights. Also, outside of cool-white, Cree's efficacy ratio drops like a shot duck. Try growing SPS under just cool-white and watch them die. Also, Cree has the highest lumen per dollar cost in the industry.

How many +10watt emitters does Cree make that are Energy Star certified? None. Got any royal blue XP-Gs? Corals only care care about far blue for growth, and they don't really care about the name brand of the source.

For the record, the fixture specs also '88 CRI' at 16k white emitters. Which means it's being translated from another source, and rather badly.
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Are you EVER going to post in an LED thread with viable information other than to bash like this post? Seriously. I'd like to see what you know or can add to help people.
 
Well I only have a short time before I have to go out of town again. The packaging was great. The color out put of the fixture is very good. To me it looks to be around 14K maybe a little bluer.

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Looks good, many will be waiting for your review and more pics =). Could you post some high res shots?
 
Mane: I cannot post high res because reefcentral resizes them. You can look at my photo album for larger pictures.

Fishamatank: The first picture is all the lights except the moon lights. The second picture is just the moon lights. Yes both can be on at the same time. One timer controlls the moon lights/ sun rise and the other timer controls the rest of the lights.
 
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