27W 67K Daylight lamp for $17

[sukebe]

27W 67K Daylight lamp for $17

The Home Depot

I bought a couple of these today. Might be an alternative for some of you with Bayco lights.

I'm going to try to assemble some sort of DIY lighting for my Eclipse 6. Maybe 54W over 6 gallons? Took one apart and it looks to be way underdriven. Has an electrical ballast and runs pretty cool. With a better reflector, could be nice for your nano.

Anyway, just thought I'd share a deal.

- Ben

[Solstice]

Great find! On my way there tomorrow to hunt for it. Hope it's local, but if not, I'll cough up the shipping...

[turbomkt]

I used one of these over a 10g for a while. The far end of the tank was hurting, but it might be better if you can get the light at the middle of the tank.

Also, Costco has these every once in a while as well.

[sukebe]

Someone asked for more details on the SFBAAPS forum, so here's what I posted:

I said desktop or nano because it's a desklamp and it'd be pretty easy just to position it over an open top nano, instead of one of those clip-on lamps. It's also a pretty good deal just for a plain ol' desk lamp.

It uses a Lights of America square pin, quad-tube 27W 6500K (not 6700 as posted earlier) daylight bulb as pictured here:



The dimensions are approx 6"x3.25"x.75" meas at it's widest, from pin to end of tube. Any good? Also, like I said earlier, the ballast is electronic and... Cool Runnings, mon.

One thing to note, the HD listing says there is an acrylic lamp cover, but this lamp does not come with any type of cover to protect the bulb. I'm sure it'd be pretty easy to take a trip to TAP Plastics and fab one up though. Also, there is no real reflector to speak of. It comes with a tiny bit of mylar, but really it doesn't do anything. To give you an idea, one of my 13W AHS lamps appears nearly as bright (prob due to the excellent reflectors AHS uses).

If you are going to rip it up and frankenstein some tank lights, be sure to post it up with pictures! I'll def try to photo document whatever I end up doing. Unfortunately, I've got plenty of holiday traveling this month, so I'll have to wait until '07 to get started.

HD had plenty of these when I went Friday morning, but I bought 3 just in case.

here is a link to the bulb on the Lights of America website

[esarkipato]

Nice light! Thanks for sharing

[bumblebee]

Good find, thanks for sharing.

[HybridS130]

Sweet! I think that'd be great for my little 2.5G I might end up going for that and using my current light what it was meant for hehe.

Thanks for sharing! Im definitely going to stop by HD tomorrow while on my rounds to everywhere

[HybridS130]

Bought one today, although when I got to the register she charged me $19 instead of $16, I really didn't feel like waiting forever just to save $2, eh. Then I got home and realized that I didn't really need this lamp since I already have one and Im only gaining 7watts that I don't really need unless flat bulbs are better than spiral type.

[spypet]

Originally Posted by HybridS130

unless flat bulbs are better than spiral type.

they might be IF there was a reflector behind the flat bulb.
I'm using a spiral 30w 6500k with reflector and clip lamp on
my 10gal tank and it cost me LESS than this HD fixture.
bulb $6, cone reflector $4, clip fixture with cone hood $5.

still, that finished HD fixture is very nice for the money.
if I didn't have to pay shipping&tax I'd hoard one myself.

sukebe, thanks for all the great follow up information.

[HybridS130]

It has a small reflector behind it but, honestly I don't see how it would work because the bulb covers it completely. If anything I would imagine it'd have less of a spotlight effect.

Also, I picked up some Phillips 6500K 2800 lumen T8 bulbs 2pk for $5. Woo!

[Solstice]

I picked mine up on my way home yesterday. I'm going to line the top of the fixture behind the bulb wtih mylar that I have left over from another project. It won't come close to matching an AH Supply reflector, but it'll be a lot better than just the fixture.

[wood]

I have seen those is my local home depot. I wanted to buy something similar to replace the light that came with my 4 gallon. Trust me, that lamp is small and I don't think that it is good for anything over 4 gallons. I saw it and when you see it in person you realize it isn't meant for a tank.

Just trying to help. See for yourself though maybe it can work for your specific needs.

-Ryan

[Solstice]

I just finished putting mine together. It's going to be perfect for my new 3 gal that gets here on Thursday. At its lowest angle the light is about 10" off my desk which should be perfect for my 8" tall tank. Now I'm just worried that 27w may be too much for the tiny tank, but we'll see how it goes.

[Solstice]

Huh, that's interesting. I just looked up the bulb on the Lights of America site and it says it's only 2700k.

Replacment Bulb 9024B - Lights of America

[DiabloCanine]

Originally Posted by Solstice

Huh, that's interesting. I just looked up the bulb on the Lights of America site and it says it's only 2700k.

Replacment Bulb 9024B - Lights of America

How about using this one?.....DC
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