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03/24/2017, 12:37 AM
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Location: Canada
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How old is your kessil
I just passed three years with.mine. How many years do you plan on getting out of yours?
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03/24/2017, 08:23 AM
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Grizzled & Cynical
 Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Stamford, CT
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Plan, or expect?
I have a few that are approaching 3 years of use. I did have one fail, but it was replaced under warranty. I'd hope that they'd last 10 years; we shall see.
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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03/24/2017, 08:31 AM
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I read lots of reports around the net of kessils failing within a year or two. Hope this isn't widespread as it appears.
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03/24/2017, 09:30 AM
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3 years old. 2 A360's
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03/24/2017, 09:52 AM
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Well I expect to get a lot more years out of them.
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03/24/2017, 09:54 AM
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3 360we a little over two years
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03/24/2017, 10:24 AM
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Mine are brand new, but hoping to get at least 5 years out of them!
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03/24/2017, 10:33 AM
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Location: I'm in the Valley, Dude!
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Two 160's at just over 2 years here. Upgrading to a pair of AP700's soon, but will keep the 160's for a frag tank.
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03/24/2017, 03:12 PM
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03/24/2017, 04:47 PM
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03/24/2017, 07:52 PM
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Have my 350w(2) for over 2 years, purchased used. Cleaned the internal prior to taking a 1 year or more break from the hobby. Now using them again, internal do collect a lot of dust
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03/24/2017, 08:12 PM
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As well, if you email Kessil they will walk you through disassembly to clean out the heatsink and fan.. or at least they still did last year.
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03/25/2017, 10:14 AM
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My A360 We is 2 years old but I had an issue at about 9 months (weird dimming and flickering) which Kessil said could be from not blowing compressed air through the lamp to clean it regularly. They replaced the unit without a hitch. Paid for everything, shipping, etc. Great customer service!
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03/25/2017, 10:45 AM
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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03/25/2017, 01:43 PM
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Point well taken calore. It just feels like I haven't read as many reports with other brands. But, I'm all Kessil, so hope that's not the pattern.
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03/25/2017, 10:30 PM
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I bought 2 360Ws and within 1 year both were replaced for failing. Sorry I didn't complain sooner.
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03/26/2017, 06:07 AM
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I have one thats 3 yrs old, the fan made a slight noise. I took some canned air to it and its just as silent as the 2 yr olds.
Clean parts are happy parts.
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03/26/2017, 07:23 AM
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~1 y 160 ;d it's actually my best
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03/26/2017, 08:02 AM
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did anyone do a par reading on day1? i heard 5 years you will lose 25% of the output.
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03/26/2017, 12:38 PM
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That's more in the line of my thinking. After 3 years you can see a little drop of light input or spectrum change. Taking par readings would have been a good idea.
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03/27/2017, 03:18 PM
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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