Wow Amp, that looks great! I know how long normal LEDs last, are these expected to last the same amount of time? Also, I use the new Super Bright LED's for different things at my job, and we install them outside and you can see thim in full sun so they are truly SUPER BRIGHT! I wonder isf these are the same superbright LEDS or the standard ones?
At anyrate, I plan on getting one one I cash my retirement plan in!
The life expectancy is 50,000 hours for the white LEDs and I think 100,000 hours for the blue.
They're definitely not the standard. I have a thread, probably my tank thread, that talks about the type LED they are.
I expect the price to come down by then.
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Dick,
That looks great! Can't wait to get mine in.
Scott, your's is due to be delivered the 29th. Hopefully undamaged this time. I'd say PFO handled that very professionally. They are pretty awesome.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Hey Wally, I know you are kidding. Gotta tell you guys. I've been sitting here waiting for the moon lights to come on. When they didn't I went and checked the time clock. Phart! I set the clock wrong. It's on a 24 hour clock, ie, 1 through 24. Once I corrected that they immediately went into moonlight mode. These are really cool!!!
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
So, is the picture you posted your daytime configurations? Or will you add some white light to it as well? If so, I'd love to see a pic of the white and blue on together....
So, is the picture you posted your daytime configurations? Or will you add some white light to it as well? If so, I'd love to see a pic of the white and blue on together....
That pic is everything on 100%. By clicking through the menu I can set %'s of white, blue, moonlight white, and moonlight blues. Pat made it user friendly, just four buttons, Select, Cancel, Left Arrow and Right Arrow. That's it. Pushing Select starts the menu search, clicking one of the arrows scrolls through the menu. When you find the item you want to adjust click Select, it appears, click the Right or Left Arrow, find the value you want and click Select again, done.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Well, in that case, I would say that the image appears super blue. It looks like a picture of a tank with just deep blue actinics. Maybe I'M color blind??
Gotta remember, this is factory default settings. I haven't played with the settings yet. In real life, sitting here in front of the tank, it doesn't look all that blue to me, who happens to be color blind and blue being the most affected color. I'm wondering if the camera's white balance is affecting the pic.
Don't know for sure. It's pretty awesome, though.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Scott, your's is due to be delivered the 29th. Hopefully undamaged this time. I'd say PFO handled that very professionally. They are pretty awesome.
I agree 100% - it sucks UPS damaged the first, but what really impressed me is that PFO sent another out before they got the 1st one back. That is unheard of! Usually you have to wait for a company to get the damaged product back and have a fun time trying to get a new one in a timely manner. Thanks for staying on top of it while you were in WI having fun! Both you and PFO provide AWESOME customer service in my book
I agree 100% - it sucks UPS damaged the first, but what really impressed me is that PFO sent another out before they got the 1st one back. That is unheard of! Usually you have to wait for a company to get the damaged product back and have a fun time trying to get a new one in a timely manner. Thanks for staying on top of it while you were in WI having fun! Both you and PFO provide AWESOME customer service in my book
Scott, I just sent you a PM. I called PFO as soon as you notified me about the unit being trashed by UPS and as soon as they verified it was being sent back, they shipped a replacement. Yes, that's awesome of PFO. As for me staying on top of things, it's my job as a business owner. Thanks for the accolade though.
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Dick - what does Sue say about the tank lighting color? Does she feel that it's quite blue? Can you adjust the white balance on your camera and try another shot? I'd really love to see if it's just the camera's adjustment or if it's really the color of the LEDs.
How do you feel that your corals have responded to the new lighting? Any dramatic changes?
PFO offers 2 models of the Solaris a 13k and a 20k. I think Dick has the 20k unit which is what I ordered as well. A 20k tends to be more blue. That however is something I really like. UPS delivers mine tomorrow so I will give an update as to the blueness.
This is from the PFO faq on the solaris:
Q.
The Solaris units can be adjusted from 6.5K to 20K. What's the purpose of the 13K model?
A. The maximum PAR will be when you have all the LED's on. To adjust the LED from 20K to 6.5K you dim the Actinic Blue LED's. If a customer likes the 10-13K look, the customer would have to lose some PAR. The 13K model has fewer blues and more white LEDs which means they would start with more PAR at the 13K versus the 20K model.
the energy band is shifted for that very purpose on the 13k units, when i started reading i thought thats not right, dropping k and losing par values. then clarity in the next breath
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