Hi guys,
I've been thinking up of a large tank and wondering about costs on trying to keep electricity consumption to minimal. was curious, has anyone of you tried using CCFLs as lighting for your viv? It sound to be a very good solution to tank lighting especially beneficial to larger tanks.
People usually use these lights for PCs...think it might be high time for us enthusiast to see if we can use it for our light hungry vivs!
It produces 90% LESS heat than flourescent lights -> so if too much heat is the issue, this may be a God send.
It consumes far more less power as it can be run on 12V adaptors...from what I've read...and they last for a very long time.
What do you guys think? I really would like to learn more about them. I've done a bit of research and it seems plausible.
Cheers,
bluetip
I've been thinking up of a large tank and wondering about costs on trying to keep electricity consumption to minimal. was curious, has anyone of you tried using CCFLs as lighting for your viv? It sound to be a very good solution to tank lighting especially beneficial to larger tanks.
People usually use these lights for PCs...think it might be high time for us enthusiast to see if we can use it for our light hungry vivs!
It produces 90% LESS heat than flourescent lights -> so if too much heat is the issue, this may be a God send.
It consumes far more less power as it can be run on 12V adaptors...from what I've read...and they last for a very long time.
What do you guys think? I really would like to learn more about them. I've done a bit of research and it seems plausible.
Cheers,
bluetip