Violet LEDs

[Akwarius]

Anyone seeing positive growth and coloration with the new violet leds? I've heard that par is lousy, but maybe the 420nm spectrum makes up for that shortcoming.

 

[eggie]

I think it more for poping colors then for growth

 

[Akwarius]

I think it more for poping colors then for growth

Sounds pointless if popping colors is all they are used for. Royal blues give you decent pop and better par.

 

[Hahnmeister]

What new Violet LED's are you talking about?

 

[Akwarius]

What new Violet LED's are you talking about?

They've only been available for a few months. Heres more information: True Violet LED with 420nm peak coming soon from NanoTuners to blue your mind

 

[Hahnmeister]

Yeah, last I heard those aren't available any more. The distributor/maker raised the price and minimum buy amount. No idea who the actual maker is. There are several 415nm LEDs out there though that might be better suited.

 

[luke33]

I use to have the 415nm in my first fixture's i brought in but the cost on them was alot more and in all honesty I didn't see them doing much of anything. That was a year and a half ago so they have been out for a long time. I think they were phillips brand if i'm not mistaken. There were violet and violet uv's i tried.

 

[gqjeff]

Yeah, last I heard those aren't available any more. The distributor/maker raised the price and minimum buy amount. No idea who the actual maker is. There are several 415nm LEDs out there though that might be better suited.

He speaks the truth, nanotuners does not carry them any longer unless it has changed recently..

 

[steveb]

You can get the TV 420nm LED's through ledgroupby