Kessil A150w LED spotlight bears it’s guts in a complete teardown

By on Mar 31, 2011

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

The Kessil A150W LED spotlight is a unique new LED aquarium light which packs a significant amount of value and performance in a small and affordable package. We were fortunate to have Kessil visit our blogging CentCom in Golden Colorado to show off their current stable of A150w LED spotlights in several colors and to thoroughly explain the unique design and technology that allows Kessil to squeeze in 30 watts of actively cooled LED in the volume of a beer can. We may have freaked Kessil out a little bit by analyzing and tearing apart their lights for nearly two hours before even bothering to fire one up but hey, our attention to detail is what makes blogging new and innovative products fun. We already showed you the heart of the A150w, the dense matrix array LED but continue reading to see the rest of the parts that make the Kessil LED tick.

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

The Kessil A150w comes in three colors, this is their Ocean Blue flavor

 

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

the entire driver board is packed onto a 2 inch square piece of silicon

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

A custom designed heatsink is cooled by a weather resistant fan

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

The cooling design pulls air over the driver board and pushes it through the heatsink, cooling both

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

quick-disconnect fittings allow for the easy repair and replacement of components in the future

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

The shallow reflector is milled from aluminum to produce a 104 degree spread

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

A loose dense matrix array LED that was not pulled from this lamp.

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

This is the Dense Matrix Array LED of the 15K Ocean Blue A150w sitting in the reflector

 

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

This is the Dense Matrix Array LED of the 15K Ocean Blue A150w

Kessil A150w LED spotlight

The look of the 20K Kessil A150w on an EcoMini 28 gallon

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  • http://twitter.com/coralreefing Chan Hawkins

    hm… I think I sense some show colony spotlights in my future.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Frick/100001223981671 Jason Frick

    No mention of the glass lens over the Matrix LED itself?.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WBAJXUELS7HITSG4IPDDZXGMKE Ian

    Need some PAR numbers!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3PQR2S2EAZUDJKVYUCKLCWJ37Q Micheal

    Looking at the first few pictures really has me wondering why the power cord isn’t off center and the mounting bracket threads aren’t in the dead center.

  • http://www.facebook.com/justin.zeedrich Justin Zeedrich

    When will these be available for sale?

    Are they dimmable?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Frick/100001223981671 Jason Frick

    To fit the goose neck arm. It’s not for suspension.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Frick/100001223981671 Jason Frick

    I hear the next supply will be in around in seven weeks or so.

    Not dimmable. :(

  • http://www.Reefbuilders.com Joost de Vries

    A tang in a 28g nano!? Tang police! haha jk.
    One a more serious note, these lights have some great potential, can’t wait until we get some PAR readings on these