yellowseahorseguy Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Bought this 48" light T5 but don't know what the wattage is. I want to buy 4 t5's and not sure how much wattage each T5 should be. Information that you'll probably need is: Inhabitants: softies (Kenya trees, Colts, Xenia, sinularia) macro algae (various caulerpa, dragons breath, etc.) Photosynthetic gorgonians Tank is 18" tall. The lights I found were 54w each. Is this too much? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Those AC adapters look to be for smaller LEDs being 6 and 12 volt output. As far as the 54 watt bulbs those would tend to be 48 inch T5-HO lights and at 18 inch depth and 4 54 watt bulbs you would be sitting pretty decent in the lighting department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yea, those ac/DC adaptors are not for fluorescent lights. Watts=Voltage*Current. 6V one is only 0.9watts max and 12V one is 2.4watta max. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Watts = Volts x Amps. Output: 6V, 150mA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yea, those ac/DC adaptors are not for fluorescent lights. Watts=Voltage*Current. 6V one is only 0.9watts max and 12V one is 2.4watta max. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk Beat me to it. Hehe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowseahorseguy Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 I think those were for the fans, but here is the pics of the sockets... Does that help? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowseahorseguy Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 I think I the DC adapters were for the fan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Those AC adapters look to be for smaller LEDs being 6 and 12 volt output. As far as the 54 watt bulbs those would tend to be 48 inch T5-HO lights and at 18 inch depth and 4 54 watt bulbs you would be sitting pretty decent in the lighting department. After looking at it, he's right. They probably are 54 watts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmdh Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Pretty sure wattage is based on length of the bulb. 46" T5HO are 54 watts each X 4 you have 216 watts total. . . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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