Question for Lumenarc Owners
 

I am building my new light rack and have 3 Lumenarc mini's. Does anyone use a peice of galss to sheild the relector from salt spray? Any issue with heat build up. I will be using 250W mogul base bulbs.

Thanks

Dave

I do not use them personally. While glass does absorb/block light entering the tank, well a single piece of glass is much easier than cleaning the entire reflector. Can't comment on heat build up. Good luck, I bet you will be very happy with the however you chose to install them.

I have 2 of the lumenarc minis. Love them. I don't have glass in mine, they do get a fair bit of salt spray from a particularly idiotic fish who likes to be a butthead and splash them. I usually give them a clean every 3-6 months or whenever I notice that they're getting bad. They are a bit of a pain to clean and I would imagine cleaning glass would be easier but I don't like the glass.

Haven't noticed any heat issues with them vs the old reflectors. I do run a fan in my lighting hood though.

I use 250W lumenmax 3 reflectors, they are very similar to the lumenarc mini but use DE bulbs. They have glass shields and have no issues with heat.

ah come on, probably just excited to see you

LOL, ya me and the food jar :razz:

Thanks everyone, I had the glass cut but was afraid the heat build-up inside the reflector would cause issues. I would rather clean glass than try to keep the aluminium polished.

I have designed the rack so that I can just lift out each refector making cleaning easier.

Dave

Did you have the glass tempered? It's pretty important if you use thin glass like 3mm. If you used 5 or 6mm you should be ok with non-tempered.

No It is not tempered. It is pretty thin, I beleive it is 3mm. Does tempering add strength or does it just cut down on the large shards if it breaks? Do glass shops normally offer this service or should I have ordered it tempered?

Dave

I thought Lumenarcs and Lumenmax reflectors came with the UV glass??... I know my Lumenmax's did.