Ecotech Radio G4 15 and 30 new Freshwater light, 95W

It does look like a good product. I just wish they had engineered the unit's cooling without fans.

 

LED's should have a fan or a really big thick heatsink. Heat and led's are a bad combo. If led's get hot they burn out not something I would want spending this kind of money on a light.

 

That's fine just letting people know if you spend 3-4x what most of the old school lighting(t5 and halide) and get the 50,000 hrs the led people ay you will get of led chips and no bulb replacement, you won't with out having a fan.


ATI is one of the few t5 people to offer fans for active cooling and have the highest par output and longest lasting bulb replacement because of it. Its the same for leds as you chips will have better par and last longer.


So if you want to buy a cheaper led with passive cooling great. I was just putting it out there that its not going to be better than a led with active cooling where you will get better par and the chips will last longer. Just because company's are going to passive cooling doesn't mean you have to buy their light knowing it won't last as long as one with active cooling and get the 50,000 hrs they say you should get out of the led chips and deal with a little fan noise.

 

Tinkerman has a point. The Ecoxotic has lost 10% of its initial output at only 7500hrs where benchmark commercial LED product with decent heat dissipation, passive heat sink or fan, would be 10% down at 35,000 hours. The spectra looks a bit ordinary too with the classic cyan "dip" and no near UV suggesting general illumination chips sets being adapted rather than LED chips designed for plant growth. Probably fine for public aquaria but may not be ideal over a planted tank.

 

Anyone know where to buy the Radion 15 G4? I can't find it online anywhere, and the only place that does seem to offer it just says "Pre-Order"


Has it been released yet?

 

Never mind... I emailed them and they said it just came in and changed it to in stock.

 

Is there any settings or recommended curves for how to program this light? Instructions, etc. Software is extremely buggy. I've called ecotech but it's like pulling teeth. Any ideas?


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I just set up a tank using this light on a 40g breeder, and I'm very happy so far. Bought it local from That Fish Place. The spread is WIDE, though I'm considering a second with a 36" wide tank. We'll see. Running at 60% right now and I'm getting good growth, but the corners are a little shaded.

I had a bugger of a time with the EcoSmart Live online scheduler, but once I updated the firmware, it's been working like a charm.

 

Thank you for all of your knowledge biscuits. Is there a Tom Barr appreciation day yet? I feel like that should be a forum holiday. I feel like you'd say you don't want it, but then you could tell people you have a holiday named after you.