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T5 LED Question
What would you say if you could retro fit your t5 HO fixture to a t5 LED fixture. say for the cost of 1850.00 and never have to change a bulb for at least 10 years or longer. Also having the ability to dim the lights at 20% at a time to creat dusk to dawn for your reef. There is a new product in the works right now. What do you think? You can do it your self or have it installed by someone else. Give me your feed back.
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It sounds interesting....would need to see some spec and par readings and of course some pictures. What type of LED are they? What size of tubes for the $1800... What colour temperatures? Individual lenses? What is different about these compared to what is out on the market right now for LED's?
Just a few questions that came to mind, I am sure there are alot more that I can't think of right now. Be interesting to see a cost comparison between the different type of lights out there (T5HO, MH, MH & T5...ect) I assume this is a retro fit of your current T5 lights, but is there an option for the whole kit with the metal fixture? Last edited by Vitaminz; 07-26-2011 at 08:39 PM. |
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not all t5 fixtures are easily retro-fitable (probably not a word)
I am assuming you have a linear bulb that fits in the t5 sockets (similar to what orphek tried but abandoned) the problem was that you had to disconnect the ballasts and run a dedicated power supply which was no longer convenient. at $1800 you could buy a brand new fixture. Possibly a couple depending on the model. we need more info |
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agreed.
1800 is pretty steep for what's available now. a year ago I could not have said this. |
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