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Can someone point me to a good comparison of Cree vs. Bridgelux?
The website works just fine for me. Even just control-clicking the link above opens it in another tab no problem.
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Just read from anothe thread. It Philips Luxeon ES was highly recommended. From the web stevenled.com. It even powerful than Cree. Can anyone comment?
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Hey Just tried it I got into site ok. Try again.
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Hey guys I haven't been on in a few days. Still at work. I'll jump on when I get home and answer everyone's questions
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05/17/2012, 05:53 PM | #106 |
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Heard from Ray today, he suggested for my 240G tank this color ratio!
For 8'x2'x2' tank, 3 of 48 LEDs kit is enough. as for the color ratio, we recommend 22 RB 11 white 10000K 11 white 6500K 2 pink 2 Cyan. the color temparature would be about 14000K What do yall think of that? |
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I think you should take a really good look at the Luxeon bulbs before going with the Bridgelux based on my research and feedback that I have received. The price is not very much more and instead of being a lesser product than the Crees, they're better based on everything I've heard so far.
I've also read at least twice that the 10k Bridgelux bulbs do not produce a very attractive color of light.
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Where are you getting prices for the lux LEDS? I just look at the site and they are twice the amount of Bridgelux and maybe even alittle more than cree. Did you find a kit for them? Daka |
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$3.50/each with lenses for the Lexeons. Compared to $2.80 for Bridgelux and $4.40 for the Cree. The Luxeons are so much brighter in comparison that I'm pretty sure you would need fewer of them. I sent you the link via PM.
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Was on that site, does look interesting, I would buy the parts seperate, I have a machine shop at work and they are making my heat sinks, plus I have wire and solder. If they are as good as they say it is worth looking into. Fast calc it would be about $121 more the Bridgelux ,but that is 56 lux vs 72 Bridge. I am going to do more research. Thanks for the info. daka Last edited by Daka; 05/17/2012 at 10:21 PM. |
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Whats that site address guys?
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Can't post links to non-RC sponsor sites.
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No problem, got the PM, Thank Ya!
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You can post them, but it's against the rules.
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This is getting a little silly. Google "Steven Custom LED" -- mods can I link please? Maybe if we send enough people to the site, they'll become RC sponsors. Also, you could let me know if the rules have changed. Thanks.
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You can post links as long as the destination is not a competing board or a business or site that has found its way onto the RC word filter for one reason or another. If you need to use creative spelling in order to post a link it is one not welcome on RC. And FWIW instructing people to PM, remove spaces, change a letter or whatever for the link is using RC resources to get the information out and is not appreciated.
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Thank you, Geo. If I understand you correctly, I can post this as long as it isn't blocked when I try to post it.
http://shop.stevesleds.com/Philips-L...t-LEDs_c27.htm Thank you for the clarification. Ron
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U said the luxeon are not that much more money, i guess if u are only buying 1-12 leds than yes that is true. But Your talking about $1+ more per led...multiply that times 90-150 leds and now ur talking a BIG diff. And i think they are more than just $1 more. Quote:
Like i said before even though the luxeon and crees are brighter, they still have the same angle lens (120degrees, or close to that) so even though they are brighter, they still will only cover a certain area of ur tank. Lets say ur building a led fixture for a 90g tank and ur debating between Cree or Bridgelux.Lets say the Crees put out twice as much lumens as the BRlux do. So does that mean that u can run half as many Crees? i recomended earlier to run 72 BRlux leds on a 90g tank, so if u were to go with crees u could only run 36??????? I DONT THINK SO these are the tanks u see with huge shadows and spotlighted colors from people trying to spread the LED light farther. IMO regradless if its cree or BRlux u should run 60-72 leds. NOT because u need 72 leds to grow SPS, but because u need 72 leds to give u enough even coverage across ur tank. I hope this makes sense, and there are some people that may doubt what i say, BUT i promise i have seen this exact problem in person. Just because Cree gives out more lumens, doesnt mean u can run half as many. Now if u wanted to save electricity, but get awesome coverage, THAT IS WHERE CREE WILL BENEFIT YOU. U can run 72 crees at 50% power and get the same light output as BRLux at say 100%....I hope someone out there gets this, cuz it seems pretty simple to me |
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Any other questiones feel free to ask...I am waiting for me new leds to come in for my 4th row. When they do, i will post some more pics and do an update.....im gunna do 28 leds
14-Royal Blue 8-420nm 4-Cyan MAYBE 2-Red (still debating on that one) if i dont do the red, i will prolly add 1 more 420 and 1 more cyan |
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So for my 90 gal i plan to run four rows. you said 72 would do the job, what combo of colors and what opics. I am going to run leds off an Ardunio control and set it up to do day/night sunset an rise and moon. Also how many drivers should i use? Thanks Daka |
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I would suggest probably something like this: 3 Drivers: 39-Royal Blues 2 drivers: 13-6500k 2-4500k 8-420nm Actinic 3-Cyan If u want to run Red then go ahead and try it out. Personally i am scared of it growing algae, so i think im gunna stay away. My color spectrum looks awesome as it is right now with no cyan,420,or red. If u dont like the 4500k, then ditch that and just add more 420 or cyan. Its not exactly 3:1, but sometimes the way that the drivers are setup it makes it hard to get exactly 3:1...just a good start if u think u want more of one color then u can adjust it from there..good luck |
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10 x 420 (actinic) 2 x cyan 2 x pink 26 x RB 5 x 6500K 15 x 4500k I love the colour that I get. I have this over my 35g SPS and zoa tank. |
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If I would like a less bluish color what would I change? Optics...80s? I would like this light to be able to handle all livestock too.(looking into the future.. For night time Do I use these lights and just dim or have certain ones on or do I use Moon lights. As you can see NEWBIE here...lol Thanks Daka |
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