Attention all Hydra Users

[Charlie’s Frags]

Make sure you regularly check your lenses and diodes. I have a 6g frag holding tank with an AI prime 16hd that the acros have been slowly deteriorating over the last couple months. I decided to check the par and it was less than 150 in the entire tank. Some areas were less than 100. I started checking the individual channels and only 1 of each blue, royal and violet diodes were working. Now I do push this thing pretty high bc it is surprisingly underwhelming as far as par goes but this is very disappointing. The lenses burned out in less than a year and now the diodes are shot in less than 3 years.

 

[blaxsun]

Attention Hydra users - or Prime users?

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Attention Hydra users - or Prime users?

They use the same lenses and diodes in all the newer models. It’s just a matter of number of pucks and a different name for the prime. The violet leds on my older hydra 52 hds are going out as well.
So both.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Attention AI users.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Attention AI users.

That would include Nero’s…which I’m not.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The lens on my hydra 32s burned in the first year too. Gonna check the diodes now

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Cool all my diodes are still kickin. 3 years old. Blues at 100 white 65

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I did tone the uv down to 30% otherwise I’d be smoking lenses left n right

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

The lens on my hydra 32s burned in the first year too. Gonna check the diodes now

Off topic….but are you in the donut business?

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Off topic….but are you in the donut business?

Hilarious this made my day. No but I was in the Glazing business doing glass and metal installations

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Hilarious this made my day. No but I was in the Glazing business doing glass and metal installations

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Come to think of it, glass lenses for the these pucks would be super legit.

 

[vetteguy53081]

some 3 years and No issues

 

[old salt reefer]

3 16HDs-use about 32 watts total-run UV 119%, violet at 116% and melt lens every 6 months. Have spare lens on hand. No burned out leds yet after 2.75 years.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

You have to turn the power way down to see it if they are out

 

[NowGlazeIT]

You have to turn the power way down to see it if they are out

Yea I could not count them all otherwise…yes I tried

 

[DJF]

It’s happened to a few of mine - this doesn’t include my primes (granted I ran them at 11)

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

It’s happened to a few of mine - this doesn’t include my primes (granted I ran them at 11)

Those look like burnt lenses. That’s happened several times but I’m talking about the diodes going out completely

 

[DJF]

Those look like burnt lenses. That’s happened several times but I’m talking about the diodes going out completely

it’s both