More new Lighting Technology.?

[trockafella]

Ran accross this and wonder what the oh so opinionated gang thinks.?

 

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Edited November 2, 2010 by trockafella

[davelin315]

Contacted them to see if they'd like to supply us with some samples for testing.

[trockafella]

Nice.. I know nothing of them, but the price and "promises" are good.

[iangibby]

It looks like theyll be released December or January. I guess they didnt like the first run they already changed the original product. I hope it has good coverage!!

http://www.wave-point.com/Lighting_folder/HIDMain.html

Edited November 2, 2010 by iangibby

[iangibby]

http://www.hidcountry.com/Products/xenonreplacementbulbs.php

Maybe a diy kit ?!? These bulb are for a cars headlight conversion kit.

[Coral Hind]

The technology is nothing new, basically the same as a standard MH that we use, just in a smaller package. It's the perfect size for a nano.

[tecsavi]

Sweet little fixture. That would be perfect for a nano. I wonder what the spectrum looks like on these.

 

I saw the the blue peaks at 536nm for the 8K and 456nm for the 12k. Isn't the sweet spot for blue around 430nm?

 

I saw a great post about a guy who build a DIY HID light setup for his reef using car bulbs but I can't find it now. The output look very focused, much like an LED setup with narrow angle lenses. Pretty cool.

[zygote2k]

There have already been some HID lights for aquarium use a few years back- I guess they didn't fare too well on the market. It's still 'old' tech- a gas filled bulb as opposed to 'new' tech- LED. Anything to attempt to gain a few dollars from the uninformed consumer.

LED is the future of lighting for the fish world and the rest of the lighting world. It's readily available in stores and is getting more affordable as each day goes by. HID is best used on automobiles and even there it is competing with LED.

[dbartco]

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+21459&pcatid=21459http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+13822+21459&pcatid=21459

 

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[Coral Hind]

I saw a great post about a guy who build a DIY HID light setup for his reef using car bulbs but I can't find it now. The output look very focused, much like an LED setup with narrow angle lenses. Pretty cool.

 

Here is one I remember form last year. I saved the link thinking I might try it as a DIY.

http://glassbox-design.com/2009/part-1-lfps-xenon-and-led-reef-lighting-system/

[tecsavi]

That's exactly the lighting article I was thinking about. Thanks Coralhind

 

 

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[Coral Hind]

Your Welcome!

 

The replacement bulbs cost about $50 bucks. That seems like a high yearly price to pay for only 35w of MH. I guess PlusRites have me spoiled.

[dakotasreef]

I think of the Aquaticlife fixture when I heard HID fixtures.

 

I think this might be a good idea for the smaller nano's that can't handle the larger 70w halides. But now with led's becoming more affordable I still think they will be the main focus for a large part of our hobby.

 

There is always going to be some company trying to zero in on "the latest and greatest technology". I think that with led's there is so many ways that it can go, that we have not begun to really see there true potential.

[johnnybv]

If you really want to be on the cutting edge of lighting technology according to Sanjay Joshi from the Univercity of PA, the next gen lighting is going to be Plasma Bulbs. So if you must jump ahead and try to beat the masses thats what you need to look at.

john

[trockafella]

If you really want to be on the cutting edge of lighting technology according to Sanjay Joshi from the Univercity of PA, the next gen lighting is going to be Plasma Bulbs. So if you must jump ahead and try to beat the masses thats what you need to look at.

john

 

 

Ha, Take that rob.!!!

[Coral Hind]

Plasma lamps sound pretty cool. I wonder if the radio frequency and magnetic field will cause any interference issues.

 

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4968291_plasma-light-bulb-work.html

[zygote2k]

Ask and Ye shall receive:

 

Competitive Analysis

Fluorescent tubes

The most recent development from fluorescent tube manufacturers has been the T5 tube. Deliberately differentiated from its predecessors, the T8 and T12 lamps, by being manufactured in different lengths and therefore not reusable in existing fixtures, the T5 lamp technology, as with all fluorescent tubes, generates UV light from a low-pressure mercury-based discharge. This UV light impinges against tri-phosphor coatings on the inner glass wall of the tube, and by photo luminescent conversion within the excited phosphors, the UV is converted to visible light.

 

Measured within a laboratory test fixture, a T5 tube can produce high lumens/ Watt of electrical energy at the lamp at 35 degrees C, but when measured in assembled

[davelin315]

What I really want to know is who's gonna build me a great big 205" LED/Plasma hybrid TV...