Orphek DIF100XP and DIF50XP are two new multicolored, multichip LED pendants

Posted on February 7th, 2012 by 6

The DIF50XP and DIF100XP LED are two new pendants with Orphek which join a growing trend of incorporating more colors of LED in reef aquarium lights. Whereas the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w and PacificSun LED Hyperion use a handful of discrete LEDs of different colors, the DIF50XP and DIF100XP are a rare breed of reef light with multiple colors nestled into the same multichip LED.

Like the Dense Matrix Array LED from Kessil and the RGB multichip from SMD Aquaristik, the Orphek DIF50XP and DIF100XP are endowed with several LED colors under the same common lens. 410nm near-UV, 430nm violet,white, 20,000 Kelvin, and two shades of red at 640 and 660nm are all represented in the multicolored-multichip LED found in the Orphek DIF50XP and DIF100XP pendants.

The red and violet light included in the DIF50XP and DIF100XP LED pendants may not appear as bright to our eyes as the whites and the blues, but they are likely to set some photosynthesis into overdrive by lining up well with known peaks of photosynthetic activity. Pricing and availability is undetermined for Orphek’s two new LED pendants, but any shift away from monochromatic multichip LED light is step in the right direction.

[marine engineers]

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  • http://www.aquariumspecialty.com Scott G

    We expect to have specs and pricing later this week.  It’s worth mentioning that dimming will be an option on these 2 pendants.

    http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/lighting/led-lighting/orphek-aquarium-led-lightingapability

    Thanks, Scott

  • Justin Farabaugh

    420nm (AKA violet, true violet) will be the new hotness.  you heard it hear first from someone who has been running them for over 1.5 years.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XMBVIE5PJXMAMZJSENESFNWBKA Joe

    Many people have been running 420nm lights for decades, they are called True Actinic 03 bulbs. Even when I made the switch to LEDs several years ago, before there were such things as 3w 420nm LEDs, I ran 4x 420nm T5HOs in addition to my LED light because I knew LEDs stopped at 450nm and I wanted some light spectrum lower than that.

  • Justin Farabaugh

    exactly…. but for some reason everyone thinks it is some magic led that will cause issues or is not needed when it is in just about every T5 setup.

  • http://www.aquariumspecialty.com Scott G

    You are both correct but the article is not about T5.  It’s about LED technology, specifically Orphek and how they are are launching their new LED pendant.  I’m excited by this news because the pendant is very energy efficient and it offers 6 different diodes all on one multichip array.  We plan to give it a go on one of our tanks as soon as it’s ready. T5 is still a very viable technology and we have 2 T5 setups at our office. We are currently using Radion, Aqua Illumination, Vertex Illumina and Orphek LEDs to get a better understanding of each design and how well they do over our coral display and grow out tanks. Sorry for the long post.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622465486 Ryan Thompson

    UH OH! Orphek is using a red LED??? Someone call Mike! He needs to doctor some more charts and now explain how great the red LEDs will be.