Hello,
I will never support Ecotech, they have the worst service and lights. Not to mention they make ai and they still wont fix them. It’s really funny, when I have the current usa model 6113 which actually has more output than the radions. They are also water proof to a certain depth. Now you mention warranty, my lights were 800 also, and I was 2 years out of warranty and one of them wouldn’t work. Current usa over nighted another light to me for free and told me to keep the old one. When you see fellow reefers getting totally well (railroaded) yeah why would any of us support them. For amount you pay and for the intended purpose, one would think Ecotech would have had better engineering. I mean a boat is made to float right, how happy would you be if it just all of a sudden sprang a leak for sitting in water? I would hope they bring some buckets to bail water, or Inflatable boat. They make them this way because they are greedy.
I totally support the op and his view. Yes things happen, current usa didn’t have to send me a new light, but they did. Other companies do the same thing, so why doesn’t Ecotech. You pay a premium price for what a non water proof light, lasts maybe a year give me take and rude service for oh 900 roughly times how many you need which in most cases is three. My lights sit on top of the tank, for plus three years (including the one that failed), which was actually the dual ramp timer and not the light. When I told them this they still told me to keep the light.
cost means nothing, but amazing service and willing to back it is everything.
With the op having issues with moisture, almost any light with a fan is risky. My lights have heavy metal heat sinks and no fans. Are all of the lights with fans bad, no, but they need to support the product knowing this. All of the leds suggested are good ones since he has to switch. With that said, going to another led that has fans with his canopy may cause problems. Since the tank is probably viewed a lot using an exhaust fan to pull moisture out would work, except for noise. Placing glass panels in front of them only builds heat and more moisture plus it changes the critical angel of the lens and light penetration. The fan is going to bring an updraft of moist air into the unit. The fan is on for cooling purposes. One can’t obstruct the led lens do to obvious reasons. If one was able to either place a water resistant cloth over the fan it may help. Then we solve for heat issues. Using a thermal temp meter or temp gun one could possibly place cooling fans around it. With that as well internal temp will be higher as well. The material nylon Taffeta which is common with umbrellas is thin and breathable. Op could possible try that in front of the fan, and use rubber glue, they make some that peels right off and water proof. If that is sealed around the fan with the material, and the rest of the light is sealed, it may prevent failure. The next question is does it affect internal temp of the light. Temp is critical when it comes to circuits.
