Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue Light fan failure.

[TinyChocobo]

Hello!

My tank has two Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue lights and I’ve had them for just shy of 2 year. The fan in one is failing and making all kinds of racket.

I reached out to Kessil and offered to pay for the fan and shipping and asked to get a second fan to have spare for my other unit. I’ve been thinking about picking up a third unit as I’ve been getting more SPS and I need a bit better coverage and having a spare of the one moving part would be ideal.

So it turns out Kessil doesn’t sell spare parts. They claim I am out of warranty even though the warranty is up today (I reached out several days ago to them). In short I can either pay them basically to swap this unit out for a refurbished unit all shipping at my expense. $110+shipping IIRC or I can source my own fan and fix it.

I wasn’t sure if anybody else had done this. I haven’t seen much when I searched. It looks like it’s a 60mm fan and I think it’s 48v. Does anybody know what fan I actually need? I’ve torn the light down but I’m no engineer. I can handle the swap easily if I can be sure to get the right fan.

All of that said I’m a bit disappointed that Kessil basically doesn’t support independent repair by making parts available. I would gladly pay a 100% markup just to get an official part from the manufacturer.

I’m also considering just updating my lighting setup and parting ways with these Kessils. The main reason I liked them was they looked very sleek and performed well.

I’m running a RedSea Reefer 425XL. Right now I have the two Kessils but I probably really should have 3 or 4. Any recommendations on updated lighting?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Hello!

My tank has two Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue lights and I’ve had them for just shy of 2 year. The fan in one is failing and making all kinds of racket.

I reached out to Kessil and offered to pay for the fan and shipping and asked to get a second fan to have spare for my other unit. I’ve been thinking about picking up a third unit as I’ve been getting more SPS and I need a bit better coverage and having a spare of the one moving part would be ideal.

So it turns out Kessil doesn’t sell spare parts. They claim I am out of warranty even though the warranty is up today (I reached out several days ago to them). In short I can either pay them basically to swap this unit out for a refurbished unit all shipping at my expense. $110+shipping IIRC or I can source my own fan and fix it.

I wasn’t sure if anybody else had done this. I haven’t seen much when I searched. It looks like it’s a 60mm fan and I think it’s 48v. Does anybody know what fan I actually need? I’ve torn the light down but I’m no engineer. I can handle the swap easily if I can be sure to get the right fan.

All of that said I’m a bit disappointed that Kessil basically doesn’t support independent repair by making parts available. I would gladly pay a 100% markup just to get an official part from the manufacturer.

I’m also considering just updating my lighting setup and parting ways with these Kessils. The main reason I liked them was they looked very sleek and performed well.

I’m running a RedSea Reefer 425XL. Right now I have the two Kessils but I probably really should have 3 or 4. Any recommendations on updated lighting?

This thread has some great info for you.

Kessil A360 Fan Replacement

Hello Everyone, So, I bought a used light a month ago, and several days into the light running, the fan started making noise and it progressively got worse. I verified the serial number with Kessil and it was out of warranty. I then took the light apart and cleaned it(it was slightly dirty, but...

www.reef2reef.com

check out the last post. You can find DC fans on sites like newegg

Kessil Fan Replacement

So I use a computer air compressor specifically meant for electronics and such to clean my fan. When I disassembled the unit, I found out why my fan stopped working the danged solder point for one of the 12v wires came off?! @Kessil You have these rubber screws holding the fan in place in the...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[TinyChocobo]

This thread has some great info for you.

Kessil A360 Fan Replacement

Hello Everyone, So, I bought a used light a month ago, and several days into the light running, the fan started making noise and it progressively got worse. I verified the serial number with Kessil and it was out of warranty. I then took the light apart and cleaned it(it was slightly dirty, but...

www.reef2reef.com

check out the last post. You can find DC fans on sites like newegg

Kessil Fan Replacement

So I use a computer air compressor specifically meant for electronics and such to clean my fan. When I disassembled the unit, I found out why my fan stopped working the danged solder point for one of the 12v wires came off?! @Kessil You have these rubber screws holding the fan in place in the...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you very much for the help!

 

[ca1ore]

This one .....


You have to spice the fan into the old plug.

 

[TinyChocobo]

This one .....


You have to spice the fan into the old plug.

Thanks. I have no issues splicing wires. Is a 12v ok for this? I thought the original was 48v?

 

[ca1ore]

Old fan in my 360we was 12v.

 

[TinyChocobo]

Ok awesome. I'll go ahead and order the fan.

 

[TinyChocobo]

Got it replaced. Wasn’t hard at all. I used one of the adapters in the box with the fan to make a harness adapter. This way I didn’t have to cut the wires on the fan itself. If I need a new fan in the future I can just plug and play.