LED Without LEDs -My First T5 Grow

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Well my red suns that Jeff replaced after my first 3 died, in like 4 days. Are going strong. I think they got the problem fixed.

Originally Posted by falcon223

Well my red suns that Jeff replaced after my first 3 died, in like 4 days. Are going strong. I think they got the problem fixed.

Mine have been working just fine for ~4 weeks. I have a single red sun from ~9 weeks ago thats still working great. I originally ordered 3 red suns but the other 2 that arrived were DOA.

Originally Posted by infinitalus

Mine have been working just fine for ~4 weeks. I have a single red sun from ~9 weeks ago thats still working great. I originally ordered 3 red suns but the other 2 that arrived were DOA.

I only had problems with one so far. The endcap went bad in the fixture. It wasn't even out of the seller's warranty period. Only one so far, it's getting replaced though.

Originally Posted by kpmarine

I only had problems with one so far. The endcap went bad in the fixture. It wasn't even out of the seller's warranty period. Only one so far, it's getting replaced though.

Its good youre getting it replaced, Jeff at UVL is a pretty good guy for customer service. Kinda sucks its taking forever to get/keep them in stock. I would suppose that if UVL orders a larger quantity of the red phosphor then maybe they would be able to get a step-up on the slow, uneven distribution of it among the demand side of the chain.

Originally Posted by infinitalus

Its good youre getting it replaced, Jeff at UVL is a pretty good guy for customer service. Kinda sucks its taking forever to get/keep them in stock. I would suppose that if UVL orders a larger quantity of the red phosphor then maybe they would be able to get a step-up on the slow, uneven distribution of it among the demand side of the chain.

Now that the market for them is picking up, it stands to reason prices should drop a bit. Also, reliability should get a boost too.

Wish I could find a place that sells both the Flora Sun and the Coral Wave so I could save on shipping... only option I've found so far is petco and their prices are jacked... and they don't even have 3 floras in stock...

Originally Posted by AltarNation

Wish I could find a place that sells both the Flora Sun and the Coral Wave so I could save on shipping... only option I've found so far is petco and their prices are jacked... and they don't even have 3 floras in stock...

http://www.petco.com/petco_page_PC_pricematch.aspx

I find that a lot of retailers will honor price matches.