Hay all, just want to officially let you know about what's coming in the near future for Maxspect. We will shortly be releasing an optics package for the fixtures. I dont have the prices locked in just yet but will let everyone know as soon as I have them and what the estimated time of availability is. Please see the below info and a pic. We are very excited to ad this new feature and I'll drop more info as it arrives.
Thanks
Eric
www.MaxspectCanada.com
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The default LED bulbs have a spread of 120°.
Using the new reflector cup will change the spread to about 90°. PAR is
increased by 150 to 200% on the same water depth
without using optics.
Using the reflector cup AND optics (#1) will change the spread to about 60°.
PAR is increased by 200 to 250% on the same water depth.
The optics comes in three patterns:
1) Regular - standard clear optics, that will allow greater water
penetration capability.
2) Stripe pattern - will change the shape of the light from a circle to an
oval, which means the lights will be spreaded further out to the side,
increasing the width it could cover but reducing the depth.
3) Netted pattern- it'll blurr the edge of the
light illuminated from each bulb, thus improving the color mixing effect.
Note: Using a patterned optics (striped and netted), there will be some loss
of PAR, about 5-7%.