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sfsuphysics":yb7z4bl8 said:Yeah, I'm almost a convert to the house of LED, someone (not sure who, could have been the designer) did one of those Sanjay type of 3d intensity plot with the 21W Nano-customs screw in LED, it has a smaller footprint of light to be sure, but as far as intensity over that foot print it was the same if not more than a 250W DE halide at 12" through air.
I should have deleted that thread. I was trying to post a pick from a URL and it doesn't allow it. So, you weren't missing anything.PaintGuru":276e8rqa said:Pic no workie. Keep me updated though, as if the PAR and spread seem good for these things, I may grab 2 for my cube.
Well they're not THAT costly, they're about $120 a piece, which in the grand scheme of things is what? 2 MH bulb replacements? They absolutely have a smaller footprint than a MH in a reflector to be certain, but half the time I wonder why we put some much effort in covering such a large area considering a good deal of what we're illuminating is the bottom of the tank (whether it is sand or acrylic). Will you need more of these than you would halides? Almost certainly, however its really hard to ignore that they have the same intensity distribution as some 250w halide in a 21W package, just in a reduce foot print (about 1/4 the foot print by comparing the 3d charts of the LEDs and one of Sanjay's old articles)ANEMONEBUFF":6yx2y8n1 said:sfsuphysics":6yx2y8n1 said:Yeah, I'm almost a convert to the house of LED, someone (not sure who, could have been the designer) did one of those Sanjay type of 3d intensity plot with the 21W Nano-customs screw in LED, it has a smaller footprint of light to be sure, but as far as intensity over that foot print it was the same if not more than a 250W DE halide at 12" through air.
These are similar to the ones you are referring to:
http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mercha ... Code=ledio
These LEDs are expensive and have a small foot print. The Nano-Customs ones are just as costly.