Any opinions on this?

[TheReefGeek]

Check out

http://www.aquatraders.com

for more from Oddysea lighting (Jebo)

[TheReefGeek]

Been reading a lot on aquatraders and these lighting units, some have had them work for years, others have had the ballasts fizzle after plugging them in.

I am not going to risk it, my main reasoning is due to the increased potential fire hazard due to cheap ballasts.

Apparantly the fixtures themselves are quite nice looking though, so I might consider buying a fixture, gutting it, and installing my own ballasts and bulbs.

[muck]

Just a FYI.

Aquatraders has pretty bad rep on RC.

[TheReefGeek]

Yeah, that is why I re-posted my concerns after providing the link.

[Kryten]

Thanks guys. More comments welcome especially if there's anyone here who's actually bought one of these.

[HimSelf]

Hi Steve I bought one from E-bay before and the lights came and the bulbs was broken. However I see this seller will send new bulbs if they are damaged.

My lights worked great and is the same as the Coralife ones I had before. The only thing I had a hard time was the Jebo lights only had one switch for the lights so I can not get the actinics to come on first. I had to spend some extra effort to work it around.

Cheers

[Kryten]

Yeah I'm thinking now of just going with a retrofit kit or two. Probably just end up buying local.