Beff
06/10/2017, 12:30 PM
For those folks who want to have lunar lights but don't want to change out your existing daytime lights with new lights that have a lunar feature, here is a suggestion.
I bought some name brand lunar lights from a major retailer and they crapped-out in 1 month.
So, I made my own for about $40 for a 150gal aquarium. See below.
I recommend a dimmer, as these little cool white LEDs are quite powerful.
The Astro AI timer has two separate timed switches in one unit. This is pretty unique. Therefore, the lunar lights will always keep the same relationship to the daytime lights. No need for two separate timers going out of sync with each other.
For my tank, the lunar lights are on about 5 hours before the daytime lights turn on, and on again about 2 hours after the daytime lights turn off.
So far, these LEDs have been operating for 6 months with no issues.
Here's the specs...
-Jeff :)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Lunar%20Lights.jpg (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/Beff2/media/Lunar%20Lights.jpg.html)
I bought some name brand lunar lights from a major retailer and they crapped-out in 1 month.
So, I made my own for about $40 for a 150gal aquarium. See below.
I recommend a dimmer, as these little cool white LEDs are quite powerful.
The Astro AI timer has two separate timed switches in one unit. This is pretty unique. Therefore, the lunar lights will always keep the same relationship to the daytime lights. No need for two separate timers going out of sync with each other.
For my tank, the lunar lights are on about 5 hours before the daytime lights turn on, and on again about 2 hours after the daytime lights turn off.
So far, these LEDs have been operating for 6 months with no issues.
Here's the specs...
-Jeff :)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Lunar%20Lights.jpg (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/Beff2/media/Lunar%20Lights.jpg.html)