our ecotech radion arrive
 

just to let everyone know, we just received our first order of the radions
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if you have pre-ordered your units feel free to come by to pick them up or if you are in the area and want to check these bad boys out you're more than welcome to drop by:biggrin:


thanks Dave

I need 1

we will talk the next time you are in town:wink:

Hey Dave, not sure if you guys noticed but there is no hanging kit in the box as was previously thought. :(

Dave quit giving Doug ideas lol :lol:

Glad you got your first batch in Dave, more on the way :)

Ecotech stated to us that not everyone will want to use a kit so adding it would unfairly increase the price for those that dont, and I think Ecotech are right in this policy. The units do come with 4 x M5 eye bolts

Each corner bolt has a threaded screw in it this is M5 thread so you can make your own.

To be fair to Ecotech, other LED companies also do not sell hanging kits included and Ai are no different.

ya let's just say i was a little bit more than just a little disappointed to found that out:redface: but we are just going to honour the hanging kit with customers that pre-order the the units:wink:

thanks dave

oh didn't worry, you know you want this more than doug:mrgreen:

:lol:

Some body got some new toys!!!!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...e/IMG_0618.jpg

sorry about the crap phone pics!

Took a little while last night to get them strung up with a temporary wiring setup, but got them up and they are looking pretty sweet!! After getting the software/firmware setup on both, it was time to play! The interface is pretty simple to use, and programing the lights has been pretty straight forward. With the option of the different kelvin ratings raging from 5k to 20k and the ability to raise and lower the power throughout the day gives you the ability to set the light to any scenario. I switched out 2 - 250 watt halides to the two radions, but am still taking a bit of precautions for the first week and keeping the brightness around 70%. Although I am working on another lighting schedule that will have the lights on at 1pm at 100% with cloud cover for week two. I was a little worried about the spread of light with just the two lights, but the coverage is ample for the 48" of tank.

All in all I'm quite happy with the Radions and will update more on my journal as things get both myself and my tank inhabitants get more accustom!

Thanks again Dave!

Very nice, but if I go by your photo, with respect to the spread, it doesn't really look like the extreme ends/corners of your tank & the livestock there are getting a lot of light. This is a 4 foot tank correct? I'd almost say if you don't want to reaquascape, you might need a third Radion & reorient them across the tank.

Good eye! A couple of reasons, I did not place them with the lights lit and it definitely does show that I placed them too close together (no plumb and working on the ceiling with a limp measuring tape and a magic marker did not help the situation at all!!), and with the lights dimmed it does look worse than it is.

After they were hung, and not having to worry about dropping light fixtures into the water, I was able to find the correct positioning of where they should be to get the spread of light I was referring too in my post above.

Yes the tank is 48"

Thanks, good info for those of us with 4 foot tanks. Nice to know two will do the job.

Coverage should be perfect for a 48" tank and two modules. The rated spread is 24" per module ;)

Dave do you have one over a tank thank I could check out in person? Better yet do you have a test/sample/demo unit that I could put over my tank and visually see the difference? I have two problems with LEDs right now.. 1. I have yet to see an LED fixture in person that I really liked. 2. They are an expensive experiment to try and find one you like.

i didn't have one hooked up as i didn't the hanging kits yet, but i do have a unit open that you can play with:wink:

I'll be in touch :biggrin:

ok Kein

i will make a executive decision right now with out asking Brad:redface:

i will order in the maxspect mazarra and the ai sol for you to test

than return them back to me in one month

how does that sound:lol:

I'm ok with that :)

wow thats a really nice offer.....hope kien doesnt break it :drinking::drinking::drinking:

Throw in some popcorn and you've got yourself a deal.

No popcorn = deal breaker.

ooooohhhh the counter offer....hes good hes good;)

:drinking::drinking::drinking:

popcorn! not sure i can swing that:sad:

but brett aka lastlight said he would test all three without the extra popcorn included, if you could agree to his offer i will order the two other units tomorrow for you:wink:

Hey can get one of those led light. And one of my friends were saying that u said led lights are dropping in price do u know when this is happening

Wow, I don't care who you are now that's service.

as far as i know there are no price changes coming! but with the release of the sunbrite units it would be interesting to see how the prices play out

i just shipped out my last two to edmonton and the next 12 units are already spoken for but if you can wait for about a week more, i can differently get one shipped to you

thanks Dave