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vikcyboss
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:36 am Post subject: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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Hi Friends,
Need suggestion of LED based lights for tank size of LBH - 36x18x20 inches ... to reduce cost in terms of electricity .
Currently running with 3.5 watts per gallon .. |
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vikcyboss
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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No response ...  |
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saikumar
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:08 am Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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You ll need 3 of these
http://www.rapidled.com/12-led-plug-n-play-retrofit-kit/
Just talk to them and get the royal blues replaced with XPG cool whites. 60deg optics for dutch style and 40deg for an iwagumi style
Or you could note the stuff and pic same from here http://www.ledgroupbuy.com/ , few costs can vary.
Now thats for bigtime power saving, and you just cant compare these with local LED floodlites etc |
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yadnesh
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:48 am Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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| u should go with one 30w led floodlight...will be more than sufficient and penetration is amazing....only one time investment |
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josyjames
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:20 pm Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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But I would say always go for lesser wattage LED's and have more number of LED's to cover the entire surface area of the tank.
If you are using a 30Watts LED, you will have to really place the led far away from the tank surface for the light to cover the major part of the surface area. Since 10W + led light does not have any optics, you will have to really place them in a height for the light beam to cover the surface area of the tank. |
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vikcyboss
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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@Saikumar,
The site you refered are not based out of India, so are the products not readily available in India?
@Shelly,
Couple of questions:-
1. As height of tank is around 20 inches , how about penetration of light as I have ADA based substrate and growing some Glosso and HC
2. There are LED flood lights also available some thing like [ http://www.ebay.in/itm/10-watts-9-LED-Flood-Light-Water-Proof-Out-Door-Design-Warm-White-Light-/230755307486?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item35ba168fde ]
how these are different to led based lights soemthing from rapidled?
3. What is the required wattage requirement in LED to have 3 watts per gallon light source
4. For 10 watts LED , how much height i should have from the water surface and for higher wattage are these optics adjustable for fixed at the time of purchase. |
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saikumar
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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| Yes Vikram, not here in India, unless some helps us out to get in pleanty and distribute. |
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yadnesh
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:16 am Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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| Guys i was using 10 watt led floodlight on trial basis since the vin light vendor is very good friend of mine. i m hvnin 4 ft wide tank and it could cover only 1/3rd part of tank, may be near about 1.5 ft or more when kept 6inch abv tank...now i hv shifted to one 30watt fld light and it covers my entire tank wen kept at 1 ft abv tank top.. |
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kochu
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:46 am Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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| http://reefledlights.com/ seems to have the right DIY choices. Comments solicited |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:50 am Post subject: Re: LED Lights sugeestion needed |
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| can they be used for planted tanks? |
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