Reef Radiance led light..OMG..What a light....

[427HISS]

Anyone have some input on the 165s I think my tank needs 2 lights

I have one over my wife's 29g and use our notebook to control the lighting.
The light is wonderful.

 

[ken77]

I have two over my 160 and third should be here by Thursday. Mine have worked great. I have no complaints.

 

[paul4140]

I just received my lights and am wondering how to tell if they have the 120 degree optics. Paul

 

[REEF RADIANCE]

I just received my lights and am wondering how to tell if they have the 120 degree optics. Paul

Paul - what optics did you order?

Rick

 

[paul4140]

Thanks I got your email

 

[REEF RADIANCE]

Lol - you are very welcome!

Rick

 

[zwulfke]

I have a 180 but I have some areas of dark with the tank because of the way I built it. I am thinking of selling the awesome 180 and getting 2 165s

 

[Peanut]

I just received my lights and am wondering how to tell if they have the 120 degree optics. Paul

I just received mine and am wondering the same thing

 

[REEF RADIANCE]

Peanut,

I am assuming you purchased 120 degree optics?

if so- easy way to tell - do the optics look the same? Take a close look and if they look the same - they are all 120.

Simple.

Rick

 

[paul4140]

OK to many wires or maybe to many brain cells killed, I need some help. The situation: two165e, a reef keeper elite, and lots of wires with no directions. Paul

 

[paul4140]

I set up my timers, set my power channels for adv light and set the appropriate output % and then went to the ALC and did the same thing under the DIM channels.... lights are on. Sound right?

 

[paul4140]

What Intensity d0 the lights start at and will they auto ramp down at the end of time period?

 

[ken77]

I just did that setup for mine. Here is part of an email that Charles sent me. This helped me.

"Each cable has a red and a black. One cable's red should go to pin 1 and black to pin 2, the other cables red should go to pin 5 and black to pin 6."

When I set mine up in the Alc I used dim a for the whites and dim b for the blues. Just so you know in both dim a and dim b part of the program you will only use white portion. The white program in dim b will control your blue lights.
The lights will not come on till they are at 40% and they will not go above 75%.
Ken m

 

[paul4140]

Thanks Ken! my Alc does not have the pins numbered like that but I get the idea. The Mlc has its pins individually numbered like that though. I will give it a try when I get home. I emailed Charles a couple of times yesterday, hopefully he will get back to me today. Once again I really appreciate your help. Paul

 

[paul4140]

Does the 40% to 75% include the whites and the blues? I was not planning to run my white channel that high.

 

[ken77]

The number are the pin numbers on your cat 5 cable tg at you splice into the red and black wires or did you ave them do that for you already?

 

[ken77]

Yeah they are not on when below 40 and they will not go higher then 75. I think that is the limits of either the dinners or the alc not sure which one.

 

[paul4140]

My wires were already done so no splicing thank goodness.

 

[Pazzo40]

Has there been an update on the replacement controllers? The last communication had from Chars was on 11/13. I followed up on 12/23 to see if there was an update and I did not receive a response. On 01/07 I followed up again and this time I included Ricks e-mail and I have not heard anything back. Is there any update on this?

 

[427HISS]

I have last years 165 P and used the app download to control it using our tablet.
I had to send it in for a repair, so I had to erase all of my email and files.

When can I get the android, controller app again, as I don't see it on Reef Radiance's website ?

Regards,
Kevin