Well, i know many of you, like myself, have been waiting for some competition in the LED lighting Market.. well its finally here. a new company has come out with a new fixture to compete in this new Market. I have previews the system and it looks to be very competitive with the existing products out there. It even has some nice extras that are new to the Market
First, i think its important that i note, this is not an advertisement or endorsement, i have not seen or used this product first hand (yet), but its exciting to me to see the new developments and wanted to start getting some discussion on this.
and make sure you post your comments here, People for Aqua Illumination are TR members and supporters, and are watching this thread for your thoughts and idea.. take this chance to get involved first hand..
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my understanding is that the LED systems will still give shimmer because they are point light sources, but because there are so many "points" its slightly washed out.
so its not as much as MHs, but more than fluorescence
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Wouldn't it be great to combine the LED technology with the nanocubes! Think how the temp could be reduced be using these lights! I would go for a nanocube mod even.
Wouldn't it be great to combine the LED technology with the nanocubes! Think how the temp could be reduced be using these lights! I would go for a nanocube mod even.
actually that is a great suggestion, i am surprised it hasn't been done already, especially with all the heating issues the cubes have
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We are actually very interested in the Nano Cubes. Our 12" unit would be ideal for a Nano Cube.
The current issue is making it fit on various tanks. I've searched google looking for the different sizes, and found that quite a few of them have an integrated cover/hood with the lighting built in.
If we could work with a tank company, I'd be willing to design an integrated solution using our lighting/control system.
Any suggestions on this would be great!
BR,
-Chris
Aqua Illumination - Key Devices, Inc.
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Originally Posted by Seahorsedreams
Wouldn't it be great to combine the LED technology with the nanocubes! Think how the temp could be reduced be using these lights! I would go for a nanocube mod even.
i would LOVE to try out one of these setups !! i just can not justify, to the wife, spending all that money on a setup that is still somewhat "controversial" at keeping what i keep.
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Chris, nanocustoms works with all sorts of mods for nanocubes that are already out of the market... including lights. They work with other companies as well such as the peeps who put of the sapphire skimmers.
We are actually in the testing phase; we'd like to get another 3-4 weeks to continue monitoring temperatures, light output, etc.
We also have a couple demo user sites that will be using the system over the next few months.
Our goal is to have it ready for sale once our testing phase is complete; we have already begun ordering/forecasting the long lead time items. Our current plan is to accept pre-orders early April, with delivery 4-6 weeks out. It'll likely be quicker than this for shipment, but we'd like to avoid stating a time frame we can't meet.
Pricing should following in the next few weeks as well.
We would like to be involved with the Talkingreef community, and we are very interested in your thoughts about the product. We want to know what features you like, what you don't, and what you'd like to see.
This will help out greatly as we get closer to a production product.
I'm no lighting expert when it comes to interpreting spectral intensity plots, but the ones on your web site would seem to be comparable to a 400w double ended MH bulb.
What intensity are you foreseeing these fixtures being comparable to?
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We are actually in the testing phase; we'd like to get another 3-4 weeks to continue monitoring temperatures, light output, etc.
-Chris
AI - KD
Chris,
just out of curiousity, are you using the Luxeon 3W LED's or another type? I know many manufacturers are coming out with supre bright LED's, even at lower PD ratings.
I'm no lighting expert when it comes to interpreting spectral intensity plots, but the ones on your web site would seem to be comparable to a 400w double ended MH bulb.
What intensity are you foreseeing these fixtures being comparable to?
I'd say we're between a 250W and 400W. We'll release test data in the weeks to come - we have an independent source that will be testing it as well as our own tests. Actually, every unit will come with a per-foot graph showing PAR that was measured. We want you to know exactly what you've bought.
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Chris,
just out of curiousity, are you using the Luxeon 3W LED's or another type? I know many manufacturers are coming out with supre bright LED's, even at lower PD ratings.
We are actually using two LEDs from Seoul Semiconductor. If you take a look at the 'Specs' page of our website, you'll see the part number and other info about it. The white LED has the highest lumens/watt of a production part. Luxeon announced a week or two ago that they have a new one that is slightly more efficient with great power handling, but it's suspected to be months, if not years out from production.
We may be incorporating another LED to the array depending on how the next few weeks of testing goes.
I see that you'll be combining the lighting system with data acquisition. Do you guys have plans in the future to integrate more controls into the system that pH, ORB and temp?
...looking forward to seeing this technology develop!
At the moment, our initial units will ship with the ability to monitor pH, ORP, and temperature. We have a serial port as well as an I/O port for expansion.
Our current focus is on the lighting fixture and baseline data acquisition hardware. The system is field upgradeable by the user. (As new features/fixes become available, you can reprogram the unit via the serial port)
Future products are still on the drawing board; power strips, additional probes, and sensors are just a few. We are interested in what you want. Let us know what you'd like to see.
-Chris
AI - KD
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I see that you'll be combining the lighting system with data acquisition. Do you guys have plans in the future to integrate more controls into the system that pH, ORB and temp?
...looking forward to seeing this technology develop!
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