Odyssey Light Issue

bradhass87 · 12/11/2009, 09:49 PM

I recently purchased a new 48" t5ho 4 bulb light fixture made by odyssey. I have bought their products before and have regularly had to modify but for the price i'm ok with that.

So with the new 48" light i noticed that the "actinic" bulbs looked a bit green, when i look at it next to my 29g tank it is really noticable, it almost looks like a teal color. I swapped out the bulbs to make sure that it wasn't them, same result.

So my question is has anyone else had this problem? Is it possibly under powered ballasts?

dragon76mom · 12/11/2009, 10:49 PM

i bought 2 48 t5 fixtures last jan. they have worked great sense then stll with the same blbs the antics are nice i also modified mine also with a saw lol u can find my thread with light pics. would diff buy again

dragon76mom · 12/11/2009, 10:53 PM

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii362/reefpics/...

dragon76mom · 12/11/2009, 10:56 PM

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1585038

bradhass87 · 12/12/2009, 02:29 AM

Yeah that is the same light that i have but mine doesn't look quite as nice. The color on you tank looks much better. I wonder if they wired something wrong because i had an open in one of the light circuits that i narrowed down to an uncrimped wire. How you do you for get to crimp a wire??? Maybe i'll take it all apart tomorrow and look everything over.

dragon76mom · 12/12/2009, 10:59 AM

its probably a bad bulb but it wouldnt hurt to look over wires also

bhazard451 · 12/12/2009, 05:35 PM

Yes, the T5's are teal blue/green.

I replaced mine with current slimpaqs and they have a great blue/purple color to them. The odyssea bulbs are a fill in until you get better bulbs.

12/11/2009, 09:49 PM	#1
bradhass87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 26	Odyssey Light Issue I recently purchased a new 48" t5ho 4 bulb light fixture made by odyssey. I have bought their products before and have regularly had to modify but for the price i'm ok with that. So with the new 48" light i noticed that the "actinic" bulbs looked a bit green, when i look at it next to my 29g tank it is really noticable, it almost looks like a teal color. I swapped out the bulbs to make sure that it wasn't them, same result. So my question is has anyone else had this problem? Is it possibly under powered ballasts?

12/11/2009, 10:49 PM	#2
dragon76mom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MA , USA Posts: 107	i bought 2 48 t5 fixtures last jan. they have worked great sense then stll with the same blbs the antics are nice i also modified mine also with a saw lol u can find my thread with light pics. would diff buy again __________________ 72 gal. bow 30 gal sump 150 pounds live rock 60 pounds live sand 8 bulb t5 oddity custom 436 watts Current Tank Info: my current tank is a 72 gallon bowfront 30 gallon sump custom stand and canopy and custom 8 bulb t5 light

12/11/2009, 10:53 PM	#3
dragon76mom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MA , USA Posts: 107	http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii362/reefpics/... Last edited by dragon76mom; 12/11/2009 at 10:55 PM. Reason: thats was wrong photo

12/11/2009, 10:56 PM	#4
dragon76mom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MA , USA Posts: 107	http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1585038 __________________ 72 gal. bow 30 gal sump 150 pounds live rock 60 pounds live sand 8 bulb t5 oddity custom 436 watts Current Tank Info: my current tank is a 72 gallon bowfront 30 gallon sump custom stand and canopy and custom 8 bulb t5 light

12/12/2009, 10:59 AM	#6
dragon76mom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: MA , USA Posts: 107	its probably a bad bulb but it wouldnt hurt to look over wires also __________________ 72 gal. bow 30 gal sump 150 pounds live rock 60 pounds live sand 8 bulb t5 oddity custom 436 watts Current Tank Info: my current tank is a 72 gallon bowfront 30 gallon sump custom stand and canopy and custom 8 bulb t5 light

12/12/2009, 02:29 AM	#5
bradhass87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 26	Yeah that is the same light that i have but mine doesn't look quite as nice. The color on you tank looks much better. I wonder if they wired something wrong because i had an open in one of the light circuits that i narrowed down to an uncrimped wire. How you do you for get to crimp a wire??? Maybe i'll take it all apart tomorrow and look everything over.

12/12/2009, 05:35 PM	#7
bhazard451 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,900	Yes, the T5's are teal blue/green. I replaced mine with current slimpaqs and they have a great blue/purple color to them. The odyssea bulbs are a fill in until you get better bulbs.