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Reef Discussion => Equipment => Topic started by: MechanicalEngineer on April 06, 2008, 22:33:01

Title: Light Brite!
Post by: MechanicalEngineer on April 06, 2008, 22:33:01

Light Brite...light brite...I forget the rest of the song.  Remember them back in the day?  Here's a pretty cool new one I found...might have aquaria potential. 

http://store.makezine.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKEVLPEG (http://store.makezine.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKEVLPEG)

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: seand on April 06, 2008, 23:56:54

That's cool!

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: JoeAyers on April 07, 2008, 09:54:55

Neat find.  I think I'm going to buy one of those and try it on my frag tank.

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: MechanicalEngineer on April 07, 2008, 10:40:31

If you get one, you have to post pictures and let us know how it works out!

They have an open-source MP3 player on there that you make yourself...I think I'm going to get that.   ;D

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: duanesworld on April 07, 2008, 16:49:27

what kind of led would you use on that?  and would it put out the right kind of light?

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: JoeAyers on April 07, 2008, 17:08:56

You would need these.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102852&cp=2032058.2032233.2032298&parentPage=search&summary=summary&accessories=accessories&kw=led&techSpecs=techSpecs&currentTab=techSpecs&custRatings=custRatings&sr=1&features=features&origkw=LED&support=support&parentPage=family

You can find deals on ebay just have to search for the correct color temp, and I would think you would want the widest angle of light available, with some combo of white, 7-10K and blue in the 420-480nm range.

Title: Re: Light Brite!
Post by: MechanicalEngineer on April 07, 2008, 19:11:02

There's an electrical surplus store in Fairborn that has some insanely bright LED's.  I was looking into them when I was going to set up my nano.  They had some higher Kelvin ones too.