Ai prime lens melted

[Shawaiz_106]

Even buying it used, you will eventually spend thousands. But hey, maybe not tens of thousands.

Fair, I still get slagged by my friends on the amount of money I spent on my tank . And they don't even know I went the cheaper route lol. Hopefully eventually I will upgrade to the thousands category when I start working

 

[Chrisv.]

Fair, I still get slagged by my friends on the amount of money I spent on my tank . And they don't even know I went the cheaper route lol. Hopefully eventually I will upgrade to the thousands category when I start working

If you think you're catching flack from your friends, wait until you are married. Hahahahaha there are some things that are better left undiscussed. The cost of a reef is one of them. I have NO IDEA how much I have spent on this hobby, and I don't want to know. If I knew, it would take the fun out of it.

 

[Spare time]

why did it melt?

Because its an AI light. That's what they do if you use them at anything but low intensity

 

[X-37B]

Because its an AI light. That's what they do if you use them at anything but low intensity

Wow really!
Yea mine have all melted in my 20g nano cube but the corals keep growing.
UV V 140% RB B 125%.

 

[Shawaiz_106]

Wow really!
Yea mine have all melted in my 20g nano cube but the corals keep growing.
UV V 140% RB B 125%.

Really cool tank

 

[Spare time]

Wow really!
Yea mine have all melted in my 20g nano cube but the corals keep growing.
UV V 140% RB B 125%.

Oh they still work without the lense :)

 

[ID-Reefer]

Thought Id post here rather than starting a new thread. Have been running this AI Prime on my small frag tank for 2 years without problem. Then noticed the light color changed. Checked lens and its melted.. melted completely through. Sent an email to AI and waiting for a response but can't go without a light for very long. Trying to decide if I should just go buy a new one or will a new lens work? Guessing that maybe since the color is different that some of the diodes are also damaged? anyone Know?

 

[A Young Reefer]

Thought Id post here rather than starting a new thread. Have been running this AI Prime on my small frag tank for 2 years without problem. Then noticed the light color changed. Checked lens and its melted.. melted completely through. Sent an email to AI and waiting for a response but can't go without a light for very long. Trying to decide if I should just go buy a new one or will a new lens work? Guessing that maybe since the color is different that some of the diodes are also damaged? anyone Know?

Only way to know if the diodes are significantly damaged is if you take off the lens and see if they are burned or not. I don’t they are, it’s just the colour blinding is affected because the lens melted. Replace the lens and you should be good.

 

[RoniOne]

Did you write to customer service? They replaced mine for free but I live in the US (cheaper shipping I'm sure). I have 2x Prime 16HD's that have been running for about 2 years. I recently did some tank upgrading and had a good look at the lens for the first time since mounting them. Both of the lenses had 2 melted spots. As I said though, thankfully they replaced them for me for free. I knew twice was not a coincidence, and now here is your post...

I have found my lens melted really badly and drops of lens are coming down slowly. In the middle there is no lens left …….i has completely gone liquid.