MoonLights!

[tom619]

found this at walmart for $8 in the car department. you can angle each light.



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!

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).








...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)












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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

[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