Juwel Light Units And Interpet Tubes

[Colts]

Hi,

Has anybody had problems using Interpet T8 tubes on a Juwel twin light bar?

I bought a Triplus tube (with built-in reflector). The tube failed after about 3 weeks. The ends were black and the tube wouldn't illuminate. After a discussion with the guy at my LFS, I thought it maybe due to a fault on the Juwel light bar. I bought another Triplus tube and decided to monitor it. After about a week and a half, the ends were blackening. I still had one of the original Juwel tubes (daylite) installed along side it, this tube had been working fine for 5months.

I removed the Triplus tube and installed the original Juwel warmlite tube along side the daylite tube, both of which were working fine.

I emailed Interpet to see if their tubes were compatible with the Juwel electronic ballasts. I didn't get a reply! I also emailed Arcadia who confirmed their tubes were compatible.

With this information, I went out and bought an Arcadia Freshwater tube which has been working for 3 weeks so far. Fingers crossed, this has solved my problem.

I was worried the light unit was faulty. I don't have any warranty on it (cash sale) so I was expecting to have to pay out for a new unit (the two Triplus tubes cost enough!).

I was just wondering if anybody else had had a similar experience? I know Juwel light units are prone to failures, but I've never heard of this fault.

 

[Essjay]

I've not used the Triplus tube, but I replaced my Jewel tubes with Arcadia Freshwater and Original Tropical tubes a few months ago and had no problems with them (so far!). I have had experience with faulty Jewel ballast though. When I got my tank, the light unit didn't work, and it was brand new, so got a new one from the shop under warranty.

 

[ebrcknrdg]

arg i have the juwel tank and interpret lights, luckily the interpret tube is used on a starter not on the juwel light bar!

Dont you find that the in built reflector is at an angle when you use it in the light bar anyway?

 

[SuperColey1]

This is something that George brought up the other week in that Interpet had decided to 'help' their customers by painting a reflector into their daylight lamp!!! They didn't think about the ordinary joe like yourselves and I who have cheaper tanks with the original canopys where the lights face out from the ballast recess, they made them thinking about luminaires and pendants and marine tanks.

Needless to say several of us have voiced our objections on this matter but I am yet to receive a reply.

If they had made this change to the PC lamps it would be great because most people who alter their setup to fit a PC have it pointing downward from the canopy roof and not sideways from the ballast recess.

Hopefully they'll revert because its a damn good lamp and they've ruined it for the majority of T8 users.

Emma If you are using these lamps from the recess with the painted reflector on them, I would complain to Interpet because they aren't doing you much good, as all the light is hitting the front and back glass rather than going downward....to your plants.

Andy

p.s. I think I'll take Leilani off my avatar later tonight. Makes me look soooo common. lol

 

[nathan01]

I used the Arcadia one they are so much better, they look more 'cleaner' than the original aswell i thought they looked a bit yellowish

 

[Colts]

The Triplus tubes I used did have the inbuilt reflector but they were pointing in the the correct direction once I'd fitted them to the Juwel light bar. I did have to rummage through the shop's stock to find a suitable one!

 

[SuperColey1]

The Arcadia Freshwater is a daylight light and I think is good. It is nowhere near as good as the Interpet DaylighPlus though.

If you see the Interpet bulbs for T8s the newer version has a silver painted reflector on the bulb itself whereas the original didn't.

The Triplus is a 'pink' light which means that it provides colour in all 3 spectrums and also 'enhances' fish colours??? Why they need enhancing from their natural appearance I don't know.

The Tropical Original Lamp is Arcadias busget lamp but again is a pink light.

I use an Arcadia Freshatwer T8 in the front of my tank and an Interpet DaylightPlus 55W power compact in the back, which is quite bright but I don't like pink hues on my nearly white sand.

Andy

 

[ebrcknrdg]

This is something that George brought up the other week in that Interpet had decided to 'help' their customers by painting a reflector into their daylight lamp!!! They didn't think about the ordinary joe like yourselves and I who have cheaper tanks with the original canopys where the lights face out from the ballast recess, they made them thinking about luminaires and pendants and marine tanks.

Needless to say several of us have voiced our objections on this matter but I am yet to receive a reply.

If they had made this change to the PC lamps it would be great because most people who alter their setup to fit a PC have it pointing downward from the canopy roof and not sideways from the ballast recess.

Hopefully they'll revert because its a damn good lamp and they've ruined it for the majority of T8 users.

Emma If you are using these lamps from the recess with the painted reflector on them, I would complain to Interpet because they aren't doing you much good, as all the light is hitting the front and back glass rather than going downward....to your plants.

Andy

p.s. I think I'll take Leilani off my avatar later tonight. Makes me look soooo common. lol

draft me an email and ill forward it

any day lights you recommend? i also have pink light on my sand

 

[SuperColey1]

Letterwise I just searched for their website and hit the contact us link and had a rant. I don't even use T8 ones. lol

T8 I would go for Arcadia Freshwater if you don't want to pay too much and they are easy to get hold of too, otherwise there are plenty of plant grwoth tubes on Aqua Essentials but the prices start to rise for real quality.

andy

 

[aaronc]

I have had the same problem - 4 tunes have suffered the same issue