Another 125 Gallon Lighting Reccomendation

Why did you decide on the RayII's?

At about 20 inches it will give me about 30ish par which is low - low medium.

Wow! Great price! I can buy 2 beamworks 72" for the price of 3 24" ray2.

Any long term experience with the beamworks? Will the ray2 be worth the initial cost in the long run?

leejonnymr said:

Wow! Great price! I can buy 2 beamworks 72" for the price of 3 24" ray2.

Any long term experience with the beamworks? Will the ray2 be worth the initial cost in the long run?

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Ha, Jeffkrol is the Beamswork master.

leejonnymr said:

Wow! Great price! I can buy 2 beamworks 72" for the price of 3 24" ray2.

Any long term experience with the beamworks? Will the ray2 be worth the initial cost in the long run?

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both lights are simple beasts.. Basically a circuit board w/ diodes and a switching power supply..
LED diodes are relatively robust components. Heat will degrade them and the phosphors inside.

See no major problems w/ either the Finnex nor the Beamsworks in terms of overheating the diodes..
I'd "maybe" side w/ the finnex over a Beamswork if it wasn't the .5w diodes.. i.e 3W "Bridgelux" type.. but that would be on the side of caution.

One would "hope" Finnex uses better diodes.. but that is not guaranteed.
As to power supplies.. both, in my mind, use a disposable commodity.. Prone to failure but easy for many to replace..

After being here a few years, do you see a lot of "Beamworks suck" talk??? Or finnex for that matter..

but, in other terms, don't plan on handing them down to your children.........