Ahahaha well that's the way DIY is. The smell of unforseen trouble is in the air with certainty.
I am using the Reef as it is 30$ off right now https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/seneye-reef-aquarium-monitor-seneye/
By the end of next week.
I think Mike over at Sbreef lights is a standup guy and will send you one to test, he is easy to reach.
We have confidence that the test will have a good result.So I received a light from @noopsyche and I took some preliminary pics of it. He is sending the controller so it should be here soon.
My first impressions are that the light looks very well made with an all metal body and packaged very well...
It has a some weight to it to be so small...
We will put it through it's paces in this study as it should be a good test.
15% of wearing light decreases with a black box 165W scattered lens. I am not burnt.
PAR796μmol m-2
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You don't, you score it in the smooth side with a sharp blade or an actual scoring tool, then you lay the part on the edge of a flat surface and snap it. You don't use power tools to cut the stuff. Cut ut the same way you would cut thin sheet plexiglass.
So I received a light from @noopsyche and I took some preliminary pics of it. He is sending the controller so it should be here soon.
My first impressions are that the light looks very well made with an all metal body and packaged very well...
It has a some weight to it to be so small...
We will put it through it's paces in this study as it should be a good test.
If they perform as good as they look then we will have a winner
In fact, I wish it had a record feature rather than snapshot.
Anyway it is a good tool. I saw some comments here so wanted to suggest help
I agree with your assessment so I will have 3 peopleWith regards to the Seneye - get some help if that is the tool you are going to use to take measurements. It isn't a bad unit but a bit cumbersome to use on your own while taking snapshots. It had a top, middle, and bottom button already and when clicked has a timer which counts down from 5. It would be nice if that was adjustable. It would also be nice if the free form option had a bigger take measurement button
Anyway it is a nice tool to maybe help tune in custom lights if one knows what to flip for a more proper setting. I recently picked up one and have been toying with it here and there. I'm seeing anywhere from 540 par at the top with 170 at the bottom. Middle is ranging from 330 to as low as 70 in the center where I have no lights (working on that at the moment). So it does take good measurements but I believe another person to click measurement with text would make it 10x easier.
This reading here below is 330 par left side of my tank middle with chips running at 80%. I'm going to assume the front think black line in bold is how the Seneye unit seems my lights and is overlaying or comparing it to something else. Not sure if I'm supposed to say oh - need to change this or wow, not so bad after all. If left side of graph purple 400 to 550 is good and the red readings of 600+ is bad
Again, I can't say enough but the product just with the little use I've had with it so far. Once I make a better holder and wait for my daughter to help me (she offered, I was just impatient) I think I'll have better measurements.
That is a good plan
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