MoonLights!

[tom619]

found this at walmart for $8 in the car department. you can angle each light.
http://www.lazy-panda.com/photo/bliss-star/car/LED%20or%20Neon%20lighting/LNL-042_E_LED_lighting.JPG


found this cigarette adapter at the 99cent store next door ..............for uh..... 99cents.
it looks like something walmart should carry too, but i found it at 99c first!
http://images.marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/hi/61/61482/DOTHACDCAD01_acc_L.jpg
it's called DC to AC adapter


DONE . lol














Results? VOILA!!!!! it was one of the strongest moonlights i ever had! GLOWING!!
- Now the tank is just as a show at night as in the daytime. I angled them at the frogspawns and other luminescent corals.
- Makes the greens greener, blues bluer, and oranges... orangier, etc.. it's not just a flat blue w/ other moonlight brands.
- my orange monti caps glows a very strong tangerine color, but my cheapo camera couldn't get a justifiable picture (looks like a good-lookin ric).

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1470xx.png

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1480.jpg




...blows this P.O.S. away ! (which was already installed b4 adding the new lights). it was sooo weaaak compared to the walmart light.
(on sale on Dr.F&S for $15/unit + $11 link + $9s/h)
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/moonlights.png











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[imHUNG]

Duuuude im so getting one tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up Tom.

[quy_nquyen]

Thanks for the tip!

[Nick_Kun]

nice tom. I know nothing about electrical retro fitting, but can these be daisy chained together into one plug?

[Blaze]

i love what you find at walmart,its amazing

[tom619]

yes, i would assume so. i can't see why not. just match up the wires. LED's are 1w per light; you can add as many as you want!. after all, there is a fuse in the adapter if you happen to mess up.


nice tom. I know nothing about electrical retro fitting, but can these be daisy chained together into one plug?

[barometer]

I think I'm going to pick one of these up and do a visual comparison to the Powerbrite LEDs.....if the results are similar enough this will be a great alternative to a $40+ 4 LED light strip :)

[Nick_Kun]

cool ed. Let me know how they compare. I need to see if these are bright enough light penetration. My Tunze 7096 would love these.

[benzeeno]

Man that is a cinch. I bought battery powered xmas LED's and soldered them to a cell phone charger. lol

[tom619]

I think I'm going to pick one of these up and do a visual comparison to the Powerbrite LEDs.....if the results are similar enough this will be a great alternative to a $40+ 4 LED light strip :)

I think they use the same LED, ed. but I'm pretty sure it's the magnified glass over it that makes a difference. I'm still looking for that piece online, from a DIY-company or something.

For example, i opened up my "super-LED" flashlight and there was a tiny LED bulb inside, and it was weak, but after putting the magnified glass cover back on, boom! it was powerful. i could literally shine all the way down to the ocean from the OB Pier "T" area.



Man that is a cinch. I bought battery powered xmas LED's and soldered them to a cell phone charger. lol

yeah, i love messing w/ LED's. you can play around with all the configurations all day.
this was just a quickie for the "DIY-less competent" of us :lol:

[Blaze]

gotta love LED.

[xrated]

im goin to look into this for my 10 gal tank! how hard was it to make work and mount??

[SolRo]

just fyi, the powerbrite things use more powerful LEDs than this does

[tom619]

im goin to look into this for my 10 gal tank! how hard was it to make work and mount??

it comes with double-sized tape. my 30g is small; i just bought it smack in the middle.

thx for the information, solro

[iamsammy84]

Hey tom,

i was able to find the led lights at walmart but cannot find the dc to ac adapter. I went to radio shack and they were selling them for 28 bucks!!! can you tell me which 99 cent store you went to? so i can find this sucker! thanks a bunch

[tom619]

hey sammy
i found it at DollarTree, ....which is the type of store that always has new stuff every 2 weeks cuz they operate as liquidators... >_<
but i know it sells on ebay for a couple bucks. if you dont wanna waste time searching, that might be a way to go

for now, plug into your car and mess around lol.

Tom

[porter1894]

BTW I got these from walmart and tried to wire them up to another 12VDC strip light I have they are not actually 12VDC there is a resistor in the car adapter. smoke tested instantly. so either keep the car adapter and get a wall adapter or be sure to include the resitor that is in the car adapter in your wiring plans. I will try again, gotta love that walmart return policy though.

[tom619]

thanks for letting us know. that's good info

[dc_909]

I just got these today and I am liking them so far.

Here they are on my 120. Sorry for the bad quality, but I can't take night shots with my camera

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f304/dc_909/100_9116.jpg

[Sam Maghsoodloo]

I ordered the wall adapter and it finally came from China (took almost a month). I'm gonna go get the led's from walmart soon, but are they available on the website? I couldn't find them, but i'd rather order them online instead of making a trip out to walmart.

[tom619]

hahah

Sam, if you want, you could stop by my place to check them out before buying.
no pictures do moonlights justice. too dark for cameras, they they dont show the corals poppin'.
i know you're a good DIY wiring guy Sam, maybe you dont need to buy the adapter; just re-wire it or something? lol

[Sam Maghsoodloo]

it's just so easy to use the wall adapter though since they're already wired, already cheap, and already have the right resistor in them. Getting the right resistor in the setup, and making it not protrude somewhere is a biatch.

[bpro32]

hey where in walmart can i find those lights? Is it just where the light bulbs are?

[tom619]

car section, Brad

[marineman1978]

Nice find Tom. Where is a Dollar Tree in our neck of the woods?

[tom619]

Murphy Canyon near Chargers Park

or

EDIT: on University Ave and Rolando in La mesa

[marineman1978]

Cool Thanks

[Brian_reefragr]

:curse: couldn't find those things at wal mart in o'side

[dlugo06]

i did exactly this and it is amazing!
awesome idea!!!!
much props!

[bpro32]

I just hooked these up as well on my 120. I'll probably need to hook up 2 units but I'll see how it looks tonight.

[bpro32]

shoot... these look good even on a 120. It would be better to get 2 sets but 1 set is just fine.

AC/DC adapter: $5
Moonlights: $9

Total Cost: $14

[rgrobe]

FYI - All of the bliss-star products are also available on e-bay. In addition to the blue you can also get white as well. They offer a setup that they market as rectangular fog lights. They have got to be fairly bright to work as fog lights. Yellow and red are also available although I can't think of much reason for those in a reef.