New Chinese LED fixture

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I'd love for you to just keep doing what you're doing an keep us up on this lights performance based on your experiences with it and not others opinions based on others opinions...

I'm all for hands on reviews and first hand experience. Just trying to moderate expectations. Just because a fixture has LEDs or a certain total wattage does not make all LEDs equal. It's like saying all 250W MH bulbs and fixtures are the same. Obviously there is huge variation in MH and it is no different in LEDs.

What I don't want to see is people generally getting down on LEDs and perpetuating the idea that LEDs are no good and won't grow corals etc. because of negative experiences with lower end fixtures.

ReefOcean, are you in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area? If so I may be able to come out and do some PAR readings for you. Would be curious to see the unit in the flesh.

[ReefOcean]

Originally Posted by Ron99

I'm all for hands on reviews and first hand experience. Just trying to moderate expectations. Just because a fixture has LEDs or a certain total wattage does not make all LEDs equal. It's like saying all 250W MH bulbs and fixtures are the same. Obviously there is huge variation in MH and it is no different in LEDs.

What I don't want to see is people generally getting down on LEDs and perpetuating the idea that LEDs are no good and won't grow corals etc. because of negative experiences with lower end fixtures.

I agree, ever since I read about the Solaris I knew LEDs were the future.
People are starting to come around. I remeber all the nay saying a few years ago but that comes with any new inovation. I find with a hobby like reefing, people tend to just parrot and believe what others say and use that as the ONLY way to do things.

ReefOcean, are you in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area? If so I may be able to come out and do some PAR readings for you. Would be curious to see the unit in the flesh.

Yeah, of course. In a few weeks after I get everything under control with the other thigns I need to do we can work it out.

[ReefOcean]

Update


ALright, I have been running the light since September and I figured I would post an update.

No electical or mechanical issues. No rust and no signs of wear - of course I meaintain the light rather well.



The SpS frags I bought are still alive. The plating monti has grown anought an inch around the sides, the mille has grown about a CM, the random great branching thing as not grown much, maybe a half centimeter. Overall, the growth is nothing to right home about but the important thing to note is it is growing.

As for colour, the monti was put in the tank dark green, it didn;t take long to turn light green in which it as been for 4 months. The mille, is a redish, orangish brown. I am not sure which colour it was but it was either orange or brown since that is what millipora maniac had at the time. So when it comes to sustaining deep and vibrant colours, the light is not so great.

All the softies love it, the toadstools have pretty much doubled in size, the most growth has happened in the last 4 months than has happened in 4 years. So the light is definately better on softies than my 180 watt PC.

Conclusion, definately not comparible to any MH. The light will sustain and grow SPS. (the SPS is now 12 inches from the light). Better than any PC fixture though. If you lived in China, the light would be a killer deal (190usd) but when you add in shipping, brokerage, taxes, and wire transfer fee not so much. I still am satisfied with my purchase.

[mseepman]

Thanks for posting your update. Maybe what you might want to do is get some U-channel and try mounting a few of those LED's you previously got to it and running those bolted onto the current light fixture in some way. It's very easy to do and you can run the wiring alongside the current wires. It would really boost what your light is putting out now. My advice would be to order a Meanwell LPC-35-700 from Rapidled or somewhere, forgo the buckpucks and the wiring headache they represent and it would look even cleaner.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Ron99

ReefOcean, are you in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area? If so I may be able to come out and do some PAR readings for you. Would be curious to see the unit in the flesh.

Originally Posted by ReefOcean

Yeah, of course. In a few weeks after I get everything under control with the other thigns I need to do we can work it out.

Did you ever let Ron come by and test the PAR? I am interested to know the results.