thoughts on kessil A150 Led...
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twilmot
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I have two of the kessil 150's on my 75 gallon tank right now (well only one really right now). I bought them two months ago and everything looks great. I am realy pleased with they way they look and how my corals have grown.
So far I only have one complaint, one of them stopped working. Everything was going great and then I looked at the tank and noticed one side of the tank flickering. I took it down and unplugged it thinking that it may have gotten hot. I Let it sit overnight and it still would not work.
They do have a two year warrenty (The user guide says one year but David from kessil said its actualy two years). I am currently waiting to hear back from them as to what the plan is.
Before anyone asks the question, it never got wet or splashed.
Kessil
I have two of the kessil 150's on my 75 gallon tank right now (well only one really right now). I bought them two months ago and everything looks great. I am realy pleased with they way they look and how my corals have grown.
So far I only have one complaint, one of them stopped working. Everything was going great and then I looked at the tank and noticed one side of the tank flickering. I took it down and unplugged it thinking that it may have gotten hot. I Let it sit overnight and it still would not work.
They do have a two year warrenty (The user guide says one year but David from kessil said its actualy two years). I am currently waiting to hear back from them as to what the plan is.
Before anyone asks the question, it never got wet or splashed.
mike&kel
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Bummer. Hey do you have any pix of them both on over the tank? How about par measurements on the sandbed?
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I have the 10k and it is closer to 14k than 10k. It's a lot more blue than the 10k MH/Actinic PC it replaced.
they have not said the speck on the new ones yet.at least that i know of.stopped back by the lfs to look at the kessils again today.still looks good.its only a shallow frag tank though.i asked about par readings at the bottom of that tank and he said its not possible to get par readings anywhere because the par meter cant read that intense of readings.not sure if there is truth to that or not.
On the 150s? No, there is no truth to that. If you have read this thread, PAR readings have already been posted. The Apogee meter is said to work up to about 2000 PAR IIRC. So, once, your more than 4" or so from the emitter, you should be able to get a decent reading.
Frick
AZ FRAG President
I doubt they will make a A150W dimmable but there is a good chance we might see the 350 model dimmable/tunable.
Thank you m2423 for posting the PAR again.
i think we are all sitting back whating for some ginnie pigs.i saw the old par post but i was just letting everyone know what i was told.he is trying to push them pretty hard but he has only had his for about a month.i just dont think i can trust that short of time on the tank.however the corals that have ben there the whole time do look real good
mike&kel
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My 4 a250w fixtures in skyblue are on back order till 12/15/11. Argh!!!
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Fig
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My par readings just taken on a 40 breeder. Lights were 4" from the surface. I have 14" from water level top to sand bed. 820+ was just below water level. Mid tank i got 240-260 and at the sand bed I got 90. All readings were directly under the light. Readings were done with a Apogee meter. So I've place all sps mid to high in the tank. My BTA has stayed in place since the switch from T-5's at about mid tank.
Frick
AZ FRAG President
Did you mean A150W Sky Blue? They shouldn't be back ordered that long, there is a good supply of them all around.
twilmot
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Well as I had posted last week one of my Kessil lights started to flicker like a stobe light. I contacted Kessil last week, and was sent a return adress label to send it back to them UPS. As soon as they saw that the package had been sent they sent me a replacement light.
I recieved the light yesterday, and it is back up on my tank.
I was very happy with their customer service, they took care of it very quick and did not give me grief, just asked some simple questions about the way the light was used. All in all, even though one stopped working I am very happy with the way their customer service took care of me.
I recieved the light yesterday, and it is back up on my tank.
I was very happy with their customer service, they took care of it very quick and did not give me grief, just asked some simple questions about the way the light was used. All in all, even though one stopped working I am very happy with the way their customer service took care of me.
