Melting Light

Mark3 · Sep 4, 2023

Noticed that AI Prime 16HD is melting today. I have 3 on the tank, all running on same schedule. Fan is running and screen is clean... 15 inches from water surface. One is melting, the other two are fine.
Not a pleasant surprise to find.
...Photos to show mounting and the damaged light.

Spare time · Sep 4, 2023

Typical for AI primes from my experience. I have one over my refugium that I just removed the lense and bought a 3d printed diffuser. Out of curiosity, what settings did you run and how often did you clean the fan filter?

Mark3 · Sep 4, 2023

I have them on a one hour ramp up, and then four hours at 80% white and 100% blues, and then a two hour ramp down. With moon lights at 10% 24 hours. The fans were cleaned about 3 or 4 weeks ago, and I was checking them to see if they needed to be cleaned when I noticed the melt. I usually clean them every couple of months as needed.... and they were not needing to be cleaned.

all three run the same, and just the one melted....it might have a hot LED or something?

Spare time · Sep 4, 2023

Mark3 said:
I have them on a one hour ramp up, and then four hours at 80% white and 100% blues, and then a two hour ramp down. With moon lights at 10% 24 hours. The fans were cleaned about 3 or 4 weeks ago, and I was checking them to see if they needed to be cleaned when I noticed the melt. I usually clean them every couple of months as needed.... and they were not needing to be cleaned.

all three run the same, and just the one melted....it might have a hot LED or something?

Are the violets and UV at 100%? I think those channels are what melt the lenses. Do the others show some burning or melting of the lense?