jedimasterben Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 Ok so I'm probably the slow person in this thread but why did you go with this current light option? I needed something temporary for some reasons and after seeing quite a bit about this fixture I wanted to see what it was all about. I'm super impressed with it. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They're fantastic little lights for the money. Next time on Ben's new light (again) Nanobox V4 arrays. Link to comment
gus6464 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 that's a lot of ballasts. O.O What size lamps do those run? The last time I tried one of theirs I snapped the shell off and left the thermal slug stuck to the star. XD They are centium ICN-2S39 so will work with 24W and 39W T5. I need 10 for a project but will be selling the rest. Link to comment
4x5 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Ok so I'm probably the slow person in this thread but why did you go with this current light option? Because Ben. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They are centium ICN-2S39 so will work with 24W and 39W T5. I need 10 for a project but will be selling the rest. So you bought 20 O.o gonna recoup costs with the other 10? Link to comment
gus6464 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 So you bought 20 O.o gonna recoup costs with the other 10? Yeah it was a lot deal where it was take all or nothing so just said what the heck. Would have ended up being more expensive buying 10 so I figured I could use the money I make on selling the rest for the other parts of the fixture. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Those are pricey ballasts. But that 1.12 ballast factor for 2x24W is tempting for that coralvue fixture I picked up. Link to comment
gus6464 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Those are pricey ballasts. But that 1.12 ballast factor for 2x24W is tempting for that coralvue fixture I picked up. Which one did you get? 8x24? Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Yeah. I still haven't done anything with it yet. It's still got the protective plastic on the reflectors. XD Link to comment
Pm04z71 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 How did you hook the bluefish to the Fixture? What did you use? i do not know alot about modding these fixtures and adding a bluefish sounds amazing. Did you use the bluefish mini or regular? sorry for all the questions in one post. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 How did you hook the bluefish to the Fixture? What did you use? i do not know alot about modding these fixtures and adding a bluefish sounds amazing. Did you use the bluefish mini or regular? sorry for all the questions in one post. Have to use the Bluefish as the fixtures use 10v PWM. I don't use PWM, though, I have it set to analog, as using PWM it makes the fans buzz All I had to do was solder in the Bluefish connections into the two points on the little dimming board attached to the driver. Link to comment
Pm04z71 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Thank you for that info. Will deff be doing this in the near future. Link to comment
Confuse Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ben, what do you think about this new light from Phillips? Do you think it has potential for our reefs? http://reefbuilders.com/2015/12/30/philips-coralcare-led/ Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Need more input to form opinion. Link to comment
Confuse Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Need more input to form opinion. Well, let me ask this...given that Phillips make their own LEDs, do you see this as having potential to create a more reef specific type of LED that would reduce our dependence on different color LEDs to create the spectrum we need for our tanks? Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Given their phosphor tech they could. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 They would never make a single LED diode with phosphor for a use over a reef. That single diode would have no market, as it would only be 'just right' for a tiny amount of people, nearly everyone would want it to look slightly different, more blue, less blue, more green, less red, etc etc. You would not be able to change the look of the light without changing the phosphor. They could be doing a remote phosphor above the dies. This is what they do in their high-CRI incandescent replacement lamps. http://www.molalla.net/members/leeper/L%20prize%20bulb.htm But again, this would severely limit their market and it would not be adjustable in color, just intensity. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I wonder if they'll use their Lime chips. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I wonder if they'll use their Lime chips. Actually, lime isn't 'their' chip anymore Link to comment
Horerczy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Actually, lime isn't 'their' chip anymore You know what I mean. Link to comment
Confuse Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Let me know what you guys think about this.... http://images.consumerproducts.philips.com/Web/PhilipsConsumerLifestyle/%7B883e5b3b-b8bd-44bd-8666-e67edeba6f46%7D_CoralCare_LED_unit_-_Preliminary_Field_Test_Report_-_FINAL_v2.pdf?elqTrackId=d1902c43043547c99c55a620f76bbe01&elq=5d382ca9f6b24aef86a62bc69d2e781b&elqCampaignId=&elqaid=12591&elqat=1 Link to comment
Horerczy Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Not sure. My computer doesn't want to download it. :/ Link to comment
Confuse Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Not sure. My computer doesn't want to download it. :/ It's a field report on the Philips LED fixture. They did a comparison with an ATI sunpower. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 It's a field report on the Philips LED fixture. They did a comparison with an ATI sunpower. Actually, they did a comparison with two of each. The PAR was the same, but comparing 12x54w T5HO to a pair of significantly smaller LED fixtures is difficult. Their setup for it was very strange, but that's what they had to do to keep PAR the same for both, and it worked out well. The report also states that the fixtures are simple two channel setups, 'white' and 'blue', no other data. They used settings of 60%/100% to get the same visual color as an ATI Aquablue Special. They matched fairly closely, so I would assume that they are using lime in the fixture and that with both channels at 100% it probably is about the same as a Coral Plus lamp in color, which is cool for me. Unfortunately, I am thinking that this is going to be in the $700-1000 range when it is released. EDIT: no lime at all. White (assuming cool), blue, royal blue, violet, and the orange diodes are PC amber. Link to comment
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