AI Prime HD Question

[MDeVito]

Hey guys,
Running the Prime HD over my reef and today was cleaning and adjusting it I noticed the leds are giving off some serious heat, hot enough to make me pull my finger away quickly when I touched it accidentally, is this normal? Anyone else have primes that also get hot? I was under the impression LEDs are lower heat.

Thanks
Matt

 

[Crabs McJones]

Hey guys,
Running the Prime HD over my reef and today was cleaning and adjusting it I noticed the leds are giving off some serious heat, hot enough to make me pull my finger away quickly when I touched it accidentally, is this normal? Anyone else have primes that also get hot? I was under the impression LEDs are lower heat.

Thanks
Matt

How old is the prime and is the fan running normal? LEDs will give off some heat I know my kessil ap700 gets pretty warm

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

What total wattage are you running your primes at? Are any of the channels set to over 100% or 115%?

 

[MDeVito]

Prime is about 9 months old, hasn't been running that long. Fan was off for a minute when I checked it but then it kicked on.

 

[MDeVito]

Yes the UV is at 119. I'm using the schedule suggested by BRS TV in their youtube video.

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

I can check all 4 of my Primes tomorrow mid-day when they would get the hottest. But don't think I have personally experienced that before.

 

[MDeVito]

Yeah I was really surprised when I felt that today.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Yes the UV is at 119. I'm using the schedule suggested by BRS TV in their youtube video.

Have you given the fan a good cleaning since you got it like taking a can of compressed air and blowing the fan out getting any dust off of the heatsink and out of the unit

 

[MDeVito]

Yeah usually once a month ill dust them and make sure they working. It was strange though today after being off for a couple weeks, I plugged the light in and the fan didnt run, so I unplugged it and powered it up again and it was on.

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

Sorry for the late update, this thread slipped my mind. But I did check all 4 of my AI Primes and all of them run hot. When I put my finger on the lens I can hold it there for a second before it basically starts to burn my finger. I basically burnt my fingers tips 4 times haha. I guess they are supposed to run this hot and I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[MDeVito]

I ended up emailing AI and they got back to me within 24 hours saying as long as the lights are on this is normal.

 

[mapexdrummer09]

Mine get warm