@mikeyb91 wrote:
Hi All,
My first post on this forum so I'm sorry if this has already been covered.
I am using my Unicorn Hat as a fish tank light - it will be going through a 24 hour cycle, through sunrise, day time, sunset and a blue moonlight. All with fading colours and intensities gradually in between.
My issue is with the fact that to get the correct brightness for happy fishies and plants I need to run the LEDs at near full whack (around 80%/0.8). I did a test run earlier at this brightness and they seemed to run pretty hot.
I obviously don't want to damaged my lovely Unicorn Hat board or the diodes, so I was just wondering if they would be truly happy and last a good lifetime if they were run at this intensity for 12 hours a day? The other twelve hours the intensity varies between 0.8 to 0.1.
Thanks in advance, Mike.
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