CETUS2 LED是一个有趣且能够控制的LED灯,具有吸引人的多色二极管簇。我们一直在我们的一对75 gallonEuphylliatank在大约一年的时间里,他们总是“思考”,它们的跑步约50瓦。
这种误解是由于我们拥有可比的50瓦灯的经验以及其坦克上灯光的明显亮度。尽管我们最初的文章Cetus2 way back in 2017 claiming 84 watts, it wasn’t until we came across a recent advert for Tropical Marine Centre’s private labeled version called the Reef Photon that we began to sense something was amiss.
这original light is called an 84 watt by maker HM Electronics but this number is arrived at by adding up the maximum power that each LEDcould在驱动,而不是actualpower of the light itself. In the Cetus2 AquaticLife has found a perfect matchup for their hybrid T5 HO LED fixture and while they have retained some of the original marketing with the 84 watt number, they have in the past clearly stated that this is in fact a 64 watt LED light.
同时,TMC确实倾向于假设的84瓦数字,而误导性评级比任何其他可比较的礁石水族馆LED灯更大胆地刻在产品包装上。这product detail page for the TMC Reef Photonalso repeatedly claims “Full spectrum reef capable lighting with84w max output” but when asked about this TMC candidly admitted that it actually输出20% less than that.
It’s not unusual to see these kinds of misleading claims from generic aquarium companies but it’s really shocking to see this from a self professed “back bone of the industry and hobby in the UK”. This begs the question, how many other companies and products – not just LED lights – are delivering much less power than advertised?
这些投资重新挑战中国水族馆产品的公司中有多少公司只是在回应其原始设备制造商的主张?泵,灯,蛋白质撇渣器,有很多空间可以伪装数字,尤其是当没人会积极看时。我们鼓励每个人都测试,测量和仔细检查他们使用的水族馆产品的主张,因为这是信息时代,并且在我们的爱好中不得容忍误导产品标签。
这sad part is that the Cetus 2 ctually is a pretty nice little light, we wouldn’t have used it for a year if we didn’t like it. But when a manufacturer is claiming 20% more light than it actually puts out, it doesn’t leave the consumer with warm and fuzzy feelings about it.