Re: [GSAS-Member] Coralife Light that Sizzled

[Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Hi Shango:

A low-budget option is to use chicken warmer light pendants and blue  
Reveal bulbs. My plants did great with those.

Susan


On Oct 19, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Shango Los wrote:

> Wow!
>
> I just got home and enjoyed the long string of posts regarding the
> sizzling light.  Based on the wonderful analysis, this is what I am
> going to do...
>
> 1.  I very much agree with the idea that getting a new light is the
> smartest move for safety. If it was 6 months ago, that is what I would
> most likely do.   I have zero electrical experience and so would
> normally default to this.  However, I am on a fixed budget for a few
> more months while finishing this education phase of life so cost
> savings are important.  I would probably let that tank sit without a
> light for that time if this one is really dead.  With that in mind, I
> am going to take Erik up on his offer to take a look at it to see if
> it is something obvious to fix or maybe it doesn't need fixing at
> all.  At the minimum I will know what to say to Coralife when I call
> them if it is busted.  I will make a donation to the club in his honor
> and do him a good turn when I can.
>
> 2.  I do not think it was a water issue.  That was just mentioned as
> something plausible.  It is an open top tank so technically a fish
> could have made a serious splash...but that is a long shot.  My money
> is on a purely wiring issue.  The light is only three years old  
> though.
>
> Thanks everyone for your earnest assistance in helping me sort this  
> out.
>
> Shango
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