LED Xmas Lights

[Cap'n]

What are the possibilities of using these for moonlights?

I think the reflectors over the bulbs may spread the light out too much and it seems they only come in strands of 50 or more, but would there be any problems beyond that?

[Tarolisol]

Well the blues are incredibly bright so unless its a real big tank one blue led out this will probly shed to much light.

[takphan]

the xmas lights flicker at 60hz; not really noticeable
i used the 35 lights string for a 50 gal and it provide a soft blue -- no ripple effect due to too many lights.

tak

[Cap'n]

OK, so I have one person saying they are too bright and one saying they are too dim.


takphan - did you use the ones with the teardrop shaped diffuser? What ripple effect are you talking about?

Tarolisol - have you compared a xmas light led beside a normal led?

[Richer]

I've experimented with a 3 led setup on my 30 gallon for a little bit, and found that to be a tad too bright for my taste. Can't imagine a whole string of them . Unless of course these leds are different from the ones I used, and/or are enclosed in something to diffuse the light a bit.

-Richer

[Tarolisol]

The lights im refering to are teh ones from canadian tire the new LED lights, I have a string of multicolor covering my house and the blues are so bright that they have about half as many of them as they do say reds. I figure on a say 230 gallon tank if you had one blue in each corner it would probly look pretty good, but on a smaller tank i think the blues are really bright.

[takphan]

for the 35 leds string light in my 50 gal tank, it is bright. but because there are too many light sources (35 of them) i can't see any ripple effect.

it is comparable to a 15w actinic bulb (or less)

tak

[Richer]

I suppose some black electrical tape could fix that. Or you could just buy the leds yourself, add a resistor and a 12v adapater and solder your own moonlight

-Richer

[IslandReefer]

A great idea. ...I think I saw strands on TV for about $10 @ Canada Tire.....you can't buy a power souce for that.
Does anyone know if you can cut down the bulb numbers to like 4blues and 4reds....(do blue&red come togeather??) from the 35 or whatever without modifying the power source?
Dimmable??
Thanks

[Cap'n]

You can take the bulbs and pull them out of the socket. So if you wanted you could have a 50 strand running 1 bulb, or 25 red and 25 blue.