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250W 10K MH
Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes
with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Well, that is what I'm told, but I've not seen a tank yet that I like with
20,000K bulbs. Taking pictures in that blue lighting is tricky too. Marc Richard Ryerson wrote: Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
250W 10K MH
I guess it all comes down to color preference. I have a 20K 400W XM bulb
with 96W actinic 03 PC supplement over my 65G reef and I prefer the way it looks to the 10K/actinic combo I had before (I do like the blue coloration). I think it is a matter of preference but I also think my coralline algae has taken off under the 20K light. Lee "Marc Levenson" wrote in message ... Well, that is what I'm told, but I've not seen a tank yet that I like with 20,000K bulbs. Taking pictures in that blue lighting is tricky too. Marc Richard Ryerson wrote: Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
250W 10K MH
my 180g has only 20kk lighting and I really like it. others think its to
blue but its personal preference. the corals do really stand out under it much better then the 10kk's. like Marc said the pic taking can be tricky but a little tweaking with the white balance will solve that problem. kc "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Is that the one off EBay from the guy who sells a bunch of those in
different flavors? Aquarium and Hydroponics? "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Im with Mark. I dont really like any tanks that are lit with 20kk lamps.. too
blue for my taste. And to say that all animals will color better under 20kk is simply BS.. some corals color up better under 6500K iwasakis, and some color better under bluer (10-20kk) Lamps. (ATM I have everything running from 6500K iwasakis to 20KK radiums) For a clam system I would go with nothing higher than 10KK lamps IMHO. Rod Buehler www.asplashoflife.com |
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Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:37:47 GMT, Kelly wrote: Is that the one off EBay from the guy who sells a bunch of those in different flavors? Aquarium and Hydroponics? "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick -----= Posted via Newsfeed.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeed.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== 100,000 Groups! - 19 Servers! - Unlimited Download! =----- |
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No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;)
Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
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How to do disperse the light so you don't just have one big bright spot in
the middle? Will the reflector do a good enough job to spread it over most of the 46 gallon tank? How long is the tank? "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Kelly, each MH bulb lights up 2 sq ft of surface area. So you'll have to
measure your tank to figure out what works. Odds are you'll need two bulbs, with one or two reflectors. Marc Kelly wrote: How to do disperse the light so you don't just have one big bright spot in the middle? Will the reflector do a good enough job to spread it over most of the 46 gallon tank? How long is the tank? -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
250W 10K MH
So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was
shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
My tank is 36 inches long (46 gallon bow front). As long as the divider in
the middle og the tank doesn't cause to much trouble, I don't think I will have too much trouble with light dispersement. Like Mark said, MH is good for about 2 square feet of surface area, but well will see... But just in case :D, I am bidding on another fixture. I am going to try to mount the fixture on a sliding track in the canopy to allow me to tweak the single light setup. I'll keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:u1f0c.645883$ts4.50117@pd7tw3no... How to do disperse the light so you don't just have one big bright spot in the middle? Will the reflector do a good enough job to spread it over most of the 46 gallon tank? How long is the tank? "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Just paid 125 bucks (plus 20 shipping) for a 250W 10K MH retro kit. Comes with a 18" batwing reflector, socket, 10K bulb, 10 foot ballast to bulb cord, 3.5 foot ballast to wall cord and a magnetic ballast in a steel case. This is going over my 46 gallon bow front lagoon. The question here is; Do you think buying a 20K bulb is worth all the hype? I am putting some really colorful clams in it soon along with some gorgeous blue and pink zoo... I want the colors to really "pop" and to get a good shimmer. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he
says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
I finally received it!!
Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was
thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
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Ballast doesnt make any noise to speak of... I had to place my ear near it
to hear it. The shipping wasnt too slow... My problem was the lying... If there was some problem, ballast not built yet, hey okay... But this guy had to tell me it shipped when it didnt... And then took a hiddy hoe attitude towards it. I am glad I bought it... Already got it installed :D :D But I would make sure that I was on top of this guy all the way. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
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Oh and BTW, the mandarin really looks awesome under the light!!!
"Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
My only problem was he blatenly lied about it..
I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
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Thanks for the info. I still can't decide on buying this guys setup or
not. On his auction he doesn't tell what brand name anything is, makes it kind of sound suspicious. With that suspicion plus the constant runaround he gave you, I don't know if he's worth the risk. I guess there is that crap shoot with eBay though, lower price vs. lower customer service. I've had bad luck with every item I bought on eBay over $35.00. Bought a computer for $250 and got a runaround like you got with this guy, shipped it 3 weeks after he told me he did. Terrible experience and been gun shy ever since. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... My only problem was he blatenly lied about it.. I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
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I was about to buy from this seller but it turns out I can get the same
stuff from one of my LFS for $130 CDN all I would need is the bulb which is about the price of the shipping anyways. Thanks for the info Richard, probably saved me some frustration and money :) Kelly "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the info. I still can't decide on buying this guys setup or not. On his auction he doesn't tell what brand name anything is, makes it kind of sound suspicious. With that suspicion plus the constant runaround he gave you, I don't know if he's worth the risk. I guess there is that crap shoot with eBay though, lower price vs. lower customer service. I've had bad luck with every item I bought on eBay over $35.00. Bought a computer for $250 and got a runaround like you got with this guy, shipped it 3 weeks after he told me he did. Terrible experience and been gun shy ever since. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... My only problem was he blatenly lied about it.. I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
These arent "brand name" lights. I believe its a guy that builds them out of
his workshop. Nothing wrong with that as long as it's quality stuff. So far, so good on that just a couple things I wish were different. 1. The cord from the ballast to the outlet is only 3.5 feet long. Wish it was at least 6. 2. There is no "on off" switch. Not a big deal, I am running a timer but, I would like to be able to turn it off with a switch when i want to do something. I can totally understand being gun shy. I got other purchases, a 6 stage RO/DI unit, blue zoo, yellow zoo, coming. After this guy I am all over them like white on rice. But they are keeping me informed about the shipment shipping tomorrow. We will see. :) In the past 6 months, the guy with the lights has gotten 7 bad responses. All of which are due to shipping issues. On the other side, that is only 2 percent of his feedback total. The others are praises. If you can deal with the run around, the light is not bad at all. Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the info. I still can't decide on buying this guys setup or not. On his auction he doesn't tell what brand name anything is, makes it kind of sound suspicious. With that suspicion plus the constant runaround he gave you, I don't know if he's worth the risk. I guess there is that crap shoot with eBay though, lower price vs. lower customer service. I've had bad luck with every item I bought on eBay over $35.00. Bought a computer for $250 and got a runaround like you got with this guy, shipped it 3 weeks after he told me he did. Terrible experience and been gun shy ever since. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... My only problem was he blatenly lied about it.. I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
Great Kelly!!!
I am all for supporting local business. If I could have gotten the deal at the LFS, I would have. You are gonna have to snap some pics of your tank and show them... :) -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:pt42c.709558$X%5.309032@pd7tw2no... I was about to buy from this seller but it turns out I can get the same stuff from one of my LFS for $130 CDN all I would need is the bulb which is about the price of the shipping anyways. Thanks for the info Richard, probably saved me some frustration and money :) Kelly "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the info. I still can't decide on buying this guys setup or not. On his auction he doesn't tell what brand name anything is, makes it kind of sound suspicious. With that suspicion plus the constant runaround he gave you, I don't know if he's worth the risk. I guess there is that crap shoot with eBay though, lower price vs. lower customer service. I've had bad luck with every item I bought on eBay over $35.00. Bought a computer for $250 and got a runaround like you got with this guy, shipped it 3 weeks after he told me he did. Terrible experience and been gun shy ever since. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... My only problem was he blatenly lied about it.. I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
So to turn it off you have to unplug?
"Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... These arent "brand name" lights. I believe its a guy that builds them out of his workshop. Nothing wrong with that as long as it's quality stuff. So far, so good on that just a couple things I wish were different. 1. The cord from the ballast to the outlet is only 3.5 feet long. Wish it was at least 6. 2. There is no "on off" switch. Not a big deal, I am running a timer but, I would like to be able to turn it off with a switch when i want to do something. I can totally understand being gun shy. I got other purchases, a 6 stage RO/DI unit, blue zoo, yellow zoo, coming. After this guy I am all over them like white on rice. But they are keeping me informed about the shipment shipping tomorrow. We will see. :) In the past 6 months, the guy with the lights has gotten 7 bad responses. All of which are due to shipping issues. On the other side, that is only 2 percent of his feedback total. The others are praises. If you can deal with the run around, the light is not bad at all. Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Thanks for the info. I still can't decide on buying this guys setup or not. On his auction he doesn't tell what brand name anything is, makes it kind of sound suspicious. With that suspicion plus the constant runaround he gave you, I don't know if he's worth the risk. I guess there is that crap shoot with eBay though, lower price vs. lower customer service. I've had bad luck with every item I bought on eBay over $35.00. Bought a computer for $250 and got a runaround like you got with this guy, shipped it 3 weeks after he told me he did. Terrible experience and been gun shy ever since. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... My only problem was he blatenly lied about it.. I am happy with the product, just make sure you are on top of him each step of the way if you do buy. I wasnt the only one to complain about the shipping on him. -Rick "Darrin O'Bryan" wrote in message . .. Glad to hear you finally received it. I've been following along as I was thinking about buying one of these setups too. Does the ballast make any noise? On his website he charges $35.00 for an upgrade to a 10K bulb, but 10K bulb is included in his eBay auction, probably should be the other way around. I've read that a lot of the eBay Power Sellers are notorious for being some of the slowest shippers. Many of them sell faster than they can ship, even though he now has a message on his website acknowledging his slow shipping. Regards, Darrin "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... I finally received it!! Very large box due to the size of the 18" reflector. Everything is present and accounted for, but I can't tell if the bulb is a 10K or not. I am inclined to believe it is since that is what was written on the outside of the shipping container and the color it produces has a nice blue to it. It runs very hot... oh my goodness does it... Ballast doesn't seem to much though. I am very upset however as to the service this guy gave. He did nothing but lie during the whole shipping process. First lied about the shipging it and then lied about next day service to make up for the first lie. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... Well here it is, Tuesday night and no light. I contacted the seller and he says it was shipped TONIGHT!!! Man am I ****ed!!! This guy took payment wednesday, said he'd get right on shipping it. Okay fine sounds good. Friday rolls around and he hasnt given me any shipping info. Hmmmm.... I contact him and he assures me he shipped it earlier friday. Okay this is cool I can understand this... Just getting hard to manage... Tonight, no light :((... I contact him and he has this cavaleer attitude about the whole thing... Tells me that he just shipped it and it will be here tomorrow. I made him give me the tracking number and UPS does have "some" shipment under that # to my town. BUT!!! It is shipped UPS ground. No freaking way it's getting here tomorrow, as promised. If you plan on buying from this guy, so far just be careful of him lying and make sure you get a tracking number. Will keep you posted. -Rick "Richard Ryerson" wrote in message ... So far is okay... I paid for it immediately, wednesday night and it was shipped out friday... I should have it monday / tuesday. Shipping was 20 buck. Ill keep ya posted. -Rick "Kelly" wrote in message news:ASy%b.626130$ts4.43428@pd7tw3no... No, I was going to ask you how the transaction went before I bought one ;) Kelly, I believe it is the same guy. I found he has an online store too, http://www.insidesun.com/ I hope you don't have bad things to say. :-$ His rating was very decent. -Rick |
250W 10K MH
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On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:31:43 GMT, Kelly wrote: So to turn it off you have to unplug? Yes... My timer cuts the power totally from my light powerstrip in which the MH is plugged into. Other than that, I have to pull the plug from the strip to shut it off. -Rick -----= Posted via Newsfeed.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeed.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== 100,000 Groups! - 19 Servers! - Unlimited Download! =----- |
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