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| March, 2010 Volume 5, Issue 3 |
The Latest in LED Aquarium Lighting The most efficient plant lighting on the planet engineered with the aquarist in mind, has just become more efficient. SolarOasis has released their latest model, the Aqua-Bar "ABP540" featuring 40% more light energy when compared to the original ABP5. The ABP540 is able to meet the needs of planted freshwater or saltwater tanks requiring high levels of light. In order to understand the scope of this advancement, you need to understand that while the light energy has almost doubled, the electrical draw is still a mere 9 watts. In terms of increasing efficiency, the ABP540 is an incredible feat of engineering on the part of SolarOasis. Designed for typical tank sizes, the Aqua-Bar ABP540 is small, lightweight, and scalable. Each power supply will run up to four Aqua-Bars allowing you to easily add additional light or expand to a larger tank. Using a fraction of the electricity consumed by fluorescent grow lights, emitting virtually no heat, utilizing targeted wavelengths, with a lifetime that is 10-20 times longer than traditional bulbs- the transition to LED lighting in aquaria is inevitable. --AL
LED Grow Master Global, LLC in 2010!
HPS grow lights have become a staple for year round production indoors. High pressure sodium bulbs represented a breakthrough in their introduction to lighting that allowed us to come closer to our ideal wavelengths. The price we payed was exorbitant electrical bills, safety issues, frequent bulb replacements, overheating, and white light pollution. While we could be happy with the solution to any one of these problems, LEDs have solved them all. Does this mean that I think you should replace your 1000 watt HPS grow light with LEDs? In the majority of applications including greenhouses, plant maintenance, or extending photoperiod in the winter months, the answer is a resounding yes! There are only a handful of applications that would not be suited for lighting exclusively with LEDs, and for these- HPS grow lights are still friends, but no longer the leader of the pack- more like sidekicks. The most common example of an application that is best served using both LEDs and HPS is the basement garden. While one can grow under LEDs only- plants will grow faster if HPS grow lights are turned on periodically to add radiant heat and stress directly to the plant canopy. By using LEDs as the primary light source and moving HPS or fluorescent grow lights into the category of supplemental lighting we are able to increase the efficiency of any lighting system while obtaining the same end result. Using LEDs for the entire photoperiod and turning the HPS grow lights on for approximately 25% of that photoperiod will allow you to reduce the size of your HPS lighting system (if you are using 1,000 watt bulbs you could switch to 600 watt bulbs), run your HPS grow lights less, extend the lifetime of your bulbs, and use over 60% less energy. Sound appealing? LEDs make everything better- even HPS. --AL
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