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Originally Posted by fishinthewall
I doubt there is anything wrong with the meter, these lights are about 5 years old. The same meter (seneye) read at high as 1400 and as low as 200 ( and everything in between) on my mars. And it is also consistent.
I fear the china leds degrade much fast then crees do.
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I'd check to make sure the blue channel isn't zapped. They had a problem with that the last 2 years in some fixtures. Visually, they look like they are on but in reality, they are barely pushing any PAR. I know nothing of the Seneye but I know I trust my Apogee sensor.
Even if the "Chinese diodes" don't last as long, which I wouldn't say based on this experience alone is conclusive, 5 years from a fixture probably bought at $100-$140 that many years ago? You'll have no complaints here from me if I get that from my current lights.