LED Panel

[sherman]

bro sherman,

why not power up the PL light and compare with the LED light?

It would be good to see the comparison.

cheers

fooyl

Very hard to use camera to capture the 2 lights side by side.

The only accurate way is take the intensity reading of the 2 lights when they are mounted on the tank

[fooyl]

I see.. I thought can see some thing from the distance you took for the shot of LED lighting.

Anyway, you are the expert. Will wait for your results

cheers

fooyl

Very hard to use camera to capture the 2 lights side by side.

The only accurate way is take the intensity reading of the 2 lights when they are mounted on the tank

[sherman]

Tomorrow I will go and collect the hood from the reefer

[RockyBoy]

Bro,

PM you already

Thanks bro!

[RockyBoy]

How bright is this light set?

It bright enough to even do your reading

I think too intense for reading.

[prec]

The electrical saving is (76-24) watt per hour.

Or 1248 watt per day

or 1.248 kw per day

or 37.44 kw per month for a 24 G nano cube

hmm bro so all in all say we are using the lights for 12hrs comparison (which is quite reasonable since no one switches on their lights for 24hrs a day), it will be saving

19.3kw per month which equates to $4.74 per month..

It seems insignificant but can u also provide us how much time cut does the chiller runtime has in terms of changing to LED?

[RockyBoy]

hmm bro so all in all say we are using the lights for 12hrs comparison (which is quite reasonable since no one switches on their lights for 24hrs a day), it will be saving

19.3kw per month which equates to $4.74 per month..

It seems insignificant but can u also provide us how much time cut does the chiller runtime has in terms of changing to LED?

I think still significant coz, after a year, you need to replace the tubes, but LED can keep on going for another few more years, may be 10 years based on 12hours per day operation, and LED will last 50K hours.

Also, less heat will radiated onto the water, thereby saving more electricity to the chiller.

I think with these new & better technology, LED is a way to go for reefing.

[prec]

I think still significant coz, after a year, you need to replace the tubes, but LED can keep on going for another few more years, may be 10 years based on 12hours per day operation, and LED will last 50K hours.

Also, less heat will radiated onto the water, thereby saving more electricity to the chiller.

I think with these new & better technology, LED is a way to go for reefing.

You have to consider the startup cost of purchasing this unit and add it into the overall cost...

It may be ard 1k or so for the unit for most tanks...

That is why im rather interested in knowing how much the chiller runtime can be cut.

[zorden]

You have to consider the startup cost of purchasing this unit and add it into the overall cost...

It may be ard 1k or so for the unit for most tanks...

That is why im rather interested in knowing how much the chiller runtime can be cut.

if the lux and par is good i will use LED to complement my ATI powermodul and obtain the shimmering effect.

[sherman]

I think still significant coz, after a year, you need to replace the tubes, but LED can keep on going for another few more years, may be 10 years based on 12hours per day operation, and LED will last 50K hours.

Also, less heat will radiated onto the water, thereby saving more electricity to the chiller.

I think with these new & better technology, LED is a way to go for reefing.

With proper heat dissipation the LED should last 100,000 hrs. But lets take it on the safe side we can take it as 75,000 hour.

The heat dissipation is almost not there, now mainly is your pump or wavemaker heat.

[sherman]

if the lux and par is good i will use LED to complement my ATI powermodul and obtain the shimmering effect.

The Lux is definitely good so is the PAR.You read all from Nano Reef.com

[gny]

I have being reading this tread since bro Sherman started this LED panel

As this is his '1st generation' LED panel, improvements and other enhancements are things to look forward to in this power and $$ savings lighting goes along....

Keep UP the Good work !!

[prec]

With proper heat dissipation the LED should last 100,000 hrs. But lets take it on the safe side we can take it as 75,000 hour.

The heat dissipation is almost not there, now mainly is your pump or wavemaker heat.

All in all, can u provide the stats in the amount of reduction in the runtime of chiller before and after u converted to led usage? Would really be interested to see the difference between leds and t5s/mh.

[sherman]

I have being reading this tread since bro Sherman started this LED panel

As this is his '1st generation' LED panel, improvements and other enhancements are things to look forward to in this power and $$ savings lighting goes along....

Keep UP the Good work !!

Thank You Bro for your interest in this thread and you word give me encouragement to go further

Thanks

[sherman]

All in all, can u provide the stats in the amount of reduction in the runtime of chiller before and after u converted to led usage? Would really be interested to see the difference between leds and t5s/mh.

Very sori as I do not have enough data to provide this piece of info.

And I believe how many time your chiller kick in depend on all the heat generate in your tank system.

Heat is generate from light,wavemaker,return pumps and other pumps that is in your tank system.

Reducing heat generate from light is only reducing one of the many heat generators in your tank.

It will either reduce the number of kick in by your chiller or the duration before the chiller kick in.

But by how much it depend your heat generate from light dominate how many percent of your total heat generate

So its very hard to give a clear definite answer on this question

[gny]

Your hard DIY work has already make many reefers take notice on this frequentlly discuss lighting.

Currrent commercial 'units' either not good enough or too expensive(the good ones).

So your 'go further' will certainly make potential reefers to aproach you for possible lighting setups

[RockyBoy]

Your hard DIY work has already make many reefers take notice on this frequentlly discuss lighting.

Currrent commercial 'units' either not good enough or too expensive(the good ones).

So your 'go further' will certainly make potential reefers to aproach you for possible lighting setups

True.. DIY will surely reduce the initial investment. With reduced electric bill, reefing will be much affordable.

[sherman]

The first DIY JBJ 24 G nano will be out soon.Watch Out

[macro]

The first DIY JBJ 24 G nano will be out soon.Watch Out

My DIY LED.

[macro]

My DIY LED.

power up

[macro]

power up

on 1feet cube

[fooyl]

Cool bro macro,

can give a breakdown on the system used.

Thank you

fooyl

on 1feet cube

[sherman]

on 1feet cube

Bro,

At last see your LED fixture.

But whu put so far away from the water.

Try to go nearer

[sherman]

Receive the JBJ 24 G nano hood on Friday ,20/2/09

The original Light on the hood

[sherman]

First have to remove the protective perspec that cover the light.

The light set without the perspec cover