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muck 05-04-2006 05:47 PM

Are LEDs the wave of the future..??
 
This looks promising.

http://www.pfolighting.com/Aquarium-LED-Lighting.aspx


http://www.notlehs.com/travis/IMAC%202006/145_4525.JPG

http://www.notlehs.com/travis/IMAC%202006/145_4528.JPG

http://www.notlehs.com/travis/IMAC%202006/145_4527.JPG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis(ReefCentral)
These are the new PFO LED fixtures. They just released them to the public at IMAC and I think they are going retail in the next week. The color is really nice and you can independently control the white and blue LED's by dimming one or the other to control how the light looks. I saw a side by side comparison with a lux meter under this light and a 250w XM 15k (I know, I know, XM 15k is a sucky comparison as it is a very low PAR bulb) and the LED fixture put out twice as many lux. The lights will run for 10 years without needing to be replaced but they recommend a replacement interval of 5 years just to be conservative. And best of all... these lights are literally cool to the touch. I touched the glass lens and it was not warm, it was not room temp, it was even cooler than room temp. The first type of lighting I've ever seen that puts off absolutely no heat.


TheReefGeek 05-04-2006 05:53 PM

Interesting! They say July they will have some more information.

Invigor 05-04-2006 08:58 PM

about time...I've been waiting over a year for someone to come out with this.

Joe Reefer 05-04-2006 09:01 PM

Sounds good, how do you think coral growth will be.

OCDP 05-04-2006 09:17 PM

Sounds awesome, but how will LED's compare to a blazing HQI bulb? Interesting though...

albert_dao 05-04-2006 09:18 PM

That's sexy.

If this is any indication, the capabilities of this unit should be very good:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...howtopic=57855

muck 05-05-2006 12:37 AM

added some pics

StirCrazy 05-05-2006 12:34 PM

the problem is they are comparing LUX which tells us diddly squat. now if you can find a report that shows some actual PAR numbers that would be interesting.

Steve

OCDP 05-05-2006 02:12 PM

Very cool, thanks for the pictures.

TheReefGeek 05-05-2006 03:01 PM

Quote:

the problem is they are comparing LUX which tells us diddly squat.
Why is this?

Lux is lumens with area taken into account.


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