par38 LED lighting

[wheatgerm]

before i did this i looked forever to try to find how these things look once they are over the tank.. im very impressed, it gives a very natural lighting and shimmer. they arent as bright across the whole tank but its what you prefer i guess. im only running 3 par38 7000k bulbs they are rated at 520L i think ordered them from ledwholesalers.com enjoy

 

[gilamonsterz]

very nice, always like seeing posts like this, gives me less doubt about doing it myself. Which bulbs exactly? the floodlight looking ones or the incandescent replacement style?

 

[wheatgerm]

Replacement style. I bought the "light socket only" for about 3$ and just easily wired them up to an extension cord. These bulbs should last me atleast 9 years and they are only 8.2 watts each so they should pay fir themselfs by then haha! I never could find many pictures of what this light style looked like either so I figured id share

 

[Totalimmortal]

Be careful having them enclosed, looks like they are from the picture, my Ecoxotic PAR38 specifically says to not enclose it in any way.

 

[wheatgerm]

Ill have to read into it, I don't see why you shouldn't have them enclosed? Led's are low heat light but thanks for the heads up

 

[Totalimmortal]

My PAR38 produces a good bit of heat, more than I would have thought.