Lighting question

gradoj · #1 01-13-2006, 03:08 PM

Okay, so I have been looking around and to do a DIY setup with 2xMH, 2xActinics and moon lighting plus building the wooden hood you are looking at spending much more than something like this is worth:

http://www.aquatraders.com/index.asp...ROD&ProdID=218

Anyone know anything about the above product? Seems like a very good price to me.

I was thinking I wanted the single ended bulbs but is there anything wrong with the more compact DE bulbs?

What advantage would there be to DIY as I wanted to build something very similar anyway?

mr_alberta · #2 01-13-2006, 03:14 PM

I don't really recall reading anything good about the Odyssea lights...in fact, if I remember correctly, I read that some of them actually caught on fire...

The DE bulbs require you to use a glass shield and a decent reflector/pendant. Without the glass shield you can cause both yourself and your inhabitants serious harm from the UV rays it emits (this applies to DE bulbs only as SE bulbs have a glass UV shield built in).

adidas · #3 01-13-2006, 05:30 PM

that is a good price! but if it's true they catch on fire, i would be nervous about buying it.

adidas · #4 01-13-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mr_alberta

Without the glass shield you can cause both yourself and your inhabitants serious harm from the UV rays it emits

I didn't think it can harm the inhabitants as they have no UV protection from the sun in the wild, but ya, it would probably give us skin cancer lol

muck · #5 01-13-2006, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by adidas

I didn't think it can harm the inhabitants as they have no UV protection from the sun in the wild

Yes they do. Its called the Ozone Layer.

vanreefer · #6 01-13-2006, 06:36 PM

I built my own hood it has 2 250W DE MH and I disassembled a coralife PC fixture for 4 65W which I now use for actinic... then got a reflector... cut, painted, stained, assembled... I like DIY but it took a while to get ballasts fixtures bulbs... then put it all together.
I figure I saved about $100 Probably spent half that on gas

PS I am building a new hood for the new 120 I'm getting together I just like the look of a wooden canopy that matches the stand (also DIY Angle Iron, with wood and acrylic)