Issues with Viparspectra V165?

[King_Acidic]

So I picked up a Viparspectra V165 to go over a 40 Breeder that I'm moving all of my corals and fish into. As I went to set up the light, I noticed that mine only changes in increments of 10 and not in increments of 1 like all of the others I've seen before. Anyone ever run into this and figure out how to change it in increments of 1 instead of 10?

 

[oreo54]

First, I assume this model?

 

[King_Acidic]

First, I assume this model?

Yes. That's the one I got.

 

[Uncle99]

I have 6.
That’s not correct for this light.
You may like 1 as white.
Return it.

 

[King_Acidic]

I have 6.
That’s not correct for this light.
You may like 1 as white.
Return it.

Perfect. That's exactly what I thought. Already submitted a replacement request through Amazon for it. Thankfully I have mostly softies in there so the blue should be enough to keep everything going until the new one gets here Monday.

 

[Uncle99]

Perfect. That's exactly what I thought. Already submitted a replacement request through Amazon for it. Thankfully I have mostly softies in there so the blue should be enough to keep everything going until the new one gets here Monday.

I’ve run straight blues for more than 6 months at a time.
Lots of time.
Good luck.

 

[oreo54]

Yes. That's the one I got.

The V165 165W LED Aquarium Light was updated to the new version from October 30th, 2022. The intensity interval of the new version is 10%, while the old version is 1%.

Sort of a downgrade huh

 

[King_Acidic]

Sort of a downgrade huh

If the replacement does the same thing, I'll probably just return it for a refund at that point. 10% white is far too much and definitely wasn't what I would expect from it. 10% intervals is a huge downgrade for this.

 

[oreo54]

If the replacement does the same thing, I'll probably just return it for a refund at that point. 10% white is far too much and definitely wasn't what I would expect from it. 10% intervals is a huge downgrade for this.

Unless you get lucky and find an "old" model it will probably be the same 10%.
Hacking them and adding a different controller can be painful.

Probably easier and cheaper to just swap diodes which is relatively easy.

 

[King_Acidic]

Unless you get lucky and find an "old" model it will probably be the same 10%.
Hacking them and adding a different controller can be painful.

Probably easier and cheaper to just swap diodes which is relatively easy.

I'm hoping that I may end up with an old one in the exchange of this one but in the event I do get stuck with a newer model, I'll find something different and run that instead. I'll probably go with the Nicrew HyperReef 150 in place of this.

 

[sealed]

So I picked up a Viparspectra V165 to go over a 40 Breeder that I'm moving all of my corals and fish into. As I went to set up the light, I noticed that mine only changes in increments of 10 and not in increments of 1 like all of the others I've seen before. Anyone ever run into this and figure out how to change it in increments of 1 instead of 10?

What have you been using as your light settings and how high is it above the tank? I’ve got the same light and same tank size.

 

[King_Acidic]

What have you been using as your light settings and how high is it above the tank? I’ve got the same light and same tank size.

I ended up doing a bit more research and was able to confirm that as of October 2022, the new batch only adjusts in increments of 10. I opted to return mine as it wouldn't do what I wanted it to do. I went with a Nicrew HyperReef 150 mounted 14" over the tank. Currently running that at 75% blue and 5% white as it adjusts in increments of 5 but is still far better than 10% increments.