LED Light Fixture Question

joem1cha3l · 03/02/2011, 05:52 AM

Hey guys, i ordered 3 PAR30 bulbs from BoostLED yesterday so i figured its time to pick up my fixture. I picked up a canister style track light system, is this going to work? After buying it last night I was thinking and thought that I may have read somewhere it cant be canister style? Thanks for your help
It looks like this:

joem1cha3l · 03/02/2011, 09:58 AM

nobody?

jam05pr · 03/02/2011, 10:38 AM

Yeah from what I have read, I wouldn't have them in a fixture that encloses the entire bulb due to heat issues. If they are enclosed, it makes it that much harder for the heat to escape.

b16drag · 03/02/2011, 02:10 PM

The track light head part just needs to open and does not have a cover.

Anemonebuff · 03/02/2011, 06:25 PM

I got mine at direct-lighting.com

Anemonebuff · 03/02/2011, 06:27 PM

http://www.direct-lighting.com/track-lighting

b16drag · 03/02/2011, 11:56 PM

Thats who I was looking for! I knew Anemonebuff was hiding somewhere in here!

cassklar · 03/03/2011, 09:30 PM

Well it took awhile but I am finally getting on board with less now the question I have a 72 gallon bowfront and what I am looking for is color and growth I am torn between ai or sunbrites I have no canopy so I need something with a fixture I have heard that with only 2 ai. There could be dark spots unlike th the sunbrites because they are tubes so I don't know what to do your ad vice is appreciated I want to grow most corals including some sps later

Anemonebuff · 03/05/2011, 09:23 AM

Two AIs on a 72 gallon bow front, approx dimensions 48x18x20, would be fine. They will support any coral you want to put in that tank. I have seen one used on 60 gallon cubes, 24x24x24, and the coverage was even.

03/02/2011, 05:52 AM	#1
joem1cha3l Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,158	LED Light Fixture Question Hey guys, i ordered 3 PAR30 bulbs from BoostLED yesterday so i figured its time to pick up my fixture. I picked up a canister style track light system, is this going to work? After buying it last night I was thinking and thought that I may have read somewhere it cant be canister style? Thanks for your help It looks like this: __________________ IM10G Nano - MP10, AI Nano, RKL

03/02/2011, 09:58 AM	#2
joem1cha3l Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,158	nobody? __________________ IM10G Nano - MP10, AI Nano, RKL

03/03/2011, 09:30 PM	#8
cassklar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Vacaville CA Posts: 648	led lighting question Well it took awhile but I am finally getting on board with less now the question I have a 72 gallon bowfront and what I am looking for is color and growth I am torn between ai or sunbrites I have no canopy so I need something with a fixture I have heard that with only 2 ai. There could be dark spots unlike th the sunbrites because they are tubes so I don't know what to do your ad vice is appreciated I want to grow most corals including some sps later

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03/02/2011, 10:38 AM	#3
jam05pr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 103	Yeah from what I have read, I wouldn't have them in a fixture that encloses the entire bulb due to heat issues. If they are enclosed, it makes it that much harder for the heat to escape.

03/02/2011, 02:10 PM	#4
b16drag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 903	The track light head part just needs to open and does not have a cover.

03/02/2011, 06:25 PM	#5
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	I got mine at direct-lighting.com

03/02/2011, 06:27 PM	#6
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	http://www.direct-lighting.com/track-lighting

03/02/2011, 11:56 PM	#7
b16drag Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 903	Thats who I was looking for! I knew Anemonebuff was hiding somewhere in here!

03/05/2011, 09:23 AM	#9
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	Two AIs on a 72 gallon bow front, approx dimensions 48x18x20, would be fine. They will support any coral you want to put in that tank. I have seen one used on 60 gallon cubes, 24x24x24, and the coverage was even.