Re: Moon Lights

[Bill Wichers <billw at waveform_net>]

> I'm not sure if they simulate the moon accurately or not (and don't really
> care), but I'm using a pair of 12 volt cold-cathode neons designed for use
> in decorating a car inside the hood of my 29 gal ... got them from Meijer
> for ~$20 (a lot imho, maybe cheaper sources online?)

Possible http://www.allelectronics.com -- they have several different sizes 
of Cold Cathode Flourescent Tubes (CCFT). They also have the little power 
supplies necassary to run them. Cost is probably about $10-15 for the setup 
(for a 12"), not including some kind of DIY enclosure if you aren't just 
building them into an existing light hood. The have several colors, but I 
would think either the white or the blue would be most appropriate here.

[snip]
> I think they also had 12" and 16" models, for those lucky enough to have
> bigger tanks :)
>
> Gordon

For small tanks LEDs might work better. The blue and white LEDs can be 
bought for a few bucks each surplus (about 50% of the cost from regular 
distributors), but those are usually surplus due to color variations that 
prevent them from being sold through normal channels. For moonlight 
purposes they are probably fine. If you lightly sand the lens of the LED 
you can get a more diffused light rather than the usual spotlight that the 
LED produces.

        -Bill


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