Sfiligoi VISION Plasma Lighting

[Aquatics Elite]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

Hi Tim, good to see they worked the problems out on these things finaly.. its been 8 years since the "first" prototype came out, and I had thought they gave up because of short bulb life, and unstable output but they must have fixed this.

did they give you a bulb replacement period and price? I know they said 50000 hours but they also said upto and we also change out MH bulbs at about 1/4-1/2 of there life span.

Steve

Hi Steve, according to Luxim, lamp life is expected to be in between 30000-50000 hrs. At 10 hrs use a day that equates to 8-12 years life span. Sfiligoi has said replacement cost of the plasma lamp/bulb is apparently pennies.

The Plasma is supposed to hold a steady intensity throughout lamp life in comparison to the decline in performance you witness with MH and some high powered LED's.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquatics Elite

Hi Steve, according to Luxim, lamp life is expected to be in between 30000-50000 hrs. At 10 hrs use a day that equates to 8-12 years life span. Sfiligoi has said replacement cost of the plasma lamp/bulb is apparently pennies.

The Plasma is supposed to hold a steady intensity throughout lamp life in comparison to the decline in performance you witness with MH and some high powered LED's.

good they have come a long way in the last 8 years, I was thinking the idea was scrapped as realy there has been no progress untill now.

Steve

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Aquatics Elite

Sfiligoi has said replacement cost of the plasma lamp/bulb is apparently pennies.

So I think it's extremely safe to say that those prices you posted include bulbs?