How old are your in use led's?

[Dburr1014]

I don't want to start any debates on useful age of led lighting.
Just curious on your brand and age of your lighting that is still in continuous use.

I own a reef breeders v2 48" and found my receipt that says 04/15/2016. 8 years, continuous use. I made it a pro a few years back.

 

[tzabor10]

Way to go. Looks good for LEDs. 8 Reefbrite LEDs and 4 Kessil a360x Tuna Blues about to have a birthday

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Have you ever had a spectrometer and/or a par meter on it? Does it keep up with the spectrum and the par it used to? How's y our coral coloration and growth?

 

[Dburr1014]

Have you ever had a spectrometer and/or a par meter on it? Does it keep up with the spectrum and the par it used to? How's y our coral coloration and growth?

Yes, I own the parwise.
Of coarse the parwise was not around when I first bought the RB.
Coral growth is good.
I don't remember how far underwater this was but you can see the spectrum is good.

 

[GlassMunky]

The Radion Gen3s I had over my 75G “holding tank” I just took down (and finally setup the 210 display) were in use in this house for 4.5 years and at the old house for about another 3
So those ones are roughly 7.5 years going strong.
I also have 2 older Gen2Pros that still run but 1 of the drivers broke. The actual boards still run no issues though. (I was recently checking them to try and sell them)
Those ones havnt been in actual use though for at least 5 years.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Yes, I own the parwise.
Of coarse the parwise was not around when I first bought the RB.
Coral growth is good.
I don't remember how far underwater this was but you can see the spectrum is good.

Oh yes, I forgot you had the PARWise. That measurement you took was an out of the water measurement. That little green dot on the left under the whatever it is, lol, is for measuring the light on a dry surface. When it turns Blue by clicking on it, you can take it underwater. You might know that, but the photo you posted was an out of water measurement and maybe you took it out of water, haha.

At any rate, looks good to me, I would keep using them.

 

[rgulrich]

Current LEDs ranging from 3-5+ years, so you've got mine beat.
Cheers,
Ray

 

[Patx]

Evergrow IT2060.
2014 to 2023. Still working.
(3 led burn...uv i guess)
But i change for A8's.

 

[snorklr]

2012 G2 Radion XR30...bought used from a LFS about 6 yrs ago...has a couple led's out...

 

[Dburr1014]

Oh yes, I forgot you had the PARWise. That measurement you took was an out of the water measurement. That little green dot on the left under the whatever it is, lol, is for measuring the light on a dry surface. When it turns Blue by clicking on it, you can take it underwater. You might know that, but the photo you posted was an out of water measurement and maybe you took it out of water, haha.

At any rate, looks good to me, I would keep using them.

Oh shoot, your right.
I sometimes forget about little button. This is better

 

[mfinn]

I bought my CoralCare gen 2 fixtures when the first came out in 2020. ( I think)
Still happy with them. I did have to replace the controller ( actually Coralvue did) after a year, but the new one is going strong.
I like that I can change the light settings on my computer at the far end of my house and have the wireless controller change the program. Or use my phones bluetooth to do changes.
I did not log the intensity settings when I first got them so I can't tell how much they may have changed, but the tanks running fine.

 

[JC Reef]

I have two Kessil AP9X. The first fixture is 4 years old, and the second one is 2 years old.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

My hydra 52 hds only lasted a couple years before the lens started to burn. A couple years later the LEDs started to fail. I had a prime 16 hd that only lasted 2 years before the LEDs started going out. I loved those lights when they worked but the over drive capability blows them out fast. I now have radion gen 6’s and haven’t had any issues

 

[exnisstech]

I have two gen 4 XR15s that are probably 6-7 years old. They still work fine but are pretty weak compared to a photon as far as par.

 

[1112-425XL]

AI Hydra 32HD x2 in use since June 2021

 

[Borat]

i had 2x red sea ReefLED 90s for about 4 years. ran them at 90% intensity and sold on perfectly functional.. i didnt notice or measure performance degradation..

 

[Borat]

The real judgement for how long the lights are expected to last - is by measuring heatsink temperature. Radion XR lights that put out 240w with a single tightly packed fan - versus my diy 300w light fixture with 5 fans and plenty of space for air circulation - guess which one will be degraded after a few years of use..

 

[Doctorgori]

I have 2 Kessil 360’s, they work …..not sure exactly when they came out LOL

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

6 year old reef reeders photon v2. I drive it about 85% max on a couple channels. Two channels around 60 % and 2 around 35. All the chips still work. It's laying the light down like it did when it was new. Fantastic light.

 

[theatrus]

I swapped my DIY emitter boards at about the 5 year mark - everything was still functioning, but I didn't account for more driver power budget to increase the output to compensate for dropoff.

Its only about 5% but cheap enough to be worth while.