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Juwel Primo - LED light replacements

UrbanDryad

UrbanDryad

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I have a tank which I believe to be an old Juwel Primo 60. It has a Juwel label, the style and dimensions match, but it has an old fashioned T8 incandescent tube rather than a modern LED bar. I wanted to swap this out for an LED, and found a Superfish LED replacement (seemingly of the right dimensions) which was designed to be backwards-compatible. But it... well, it doesn't fit, and it doesn't seem to plug in to the existing electronics in the hood either. I'm not sure where to go from here - jury-rig a different way of attaching it to the hood and just run the cord out the back? Find a different bulb which is fully backwards compatible? (If so, any recommendations on where?) Contacting Juwel is on my radar as an option, but I suspect their answer will be along the lines of "buy our new hood for £££", so I'm hoping there will be some more budget-friendly suggestions here 🙂

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UrbanDryad said:
I have a tank which I believe to be an old Juwel Primo 60. It has a Juwel label, the style and dimensions match, but it has an old fashioned T8 incandescent tube rather than a modern LED bar. I wanted to swap this out for an LED, and found a Superfish LED replacement (seemingly of the right dimensions) which was designed to be backwards-compatible. But it... well, it doesn't fit, and it doesn't seem to plug in to the existing electronics in the hood either. I'm not sure where to go from here - jury-rig a different way of attaching it to the hood and just run the cord out the back? Find a different bulb which is fully backwards compatible? (If so, any recommendations on where?) Contacting Juwel is on my radar as an option, but I suspect their answer will be along the lines of "buy our new hood for £££", so I'm hoping there will be some more budget-friendly suggestions here 🙂

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Not sure you can find a plug and play 18" led replacement bulb.
Do you think this is a replacement hood?
urmstonaquatics.com

Juwel Primolux 60cm LED Light Hood (Black)

Juwel Primolux 60 LED Light System & Hood Rekord 60, 70, 600 & 700 (Black) is available from Urmston Aquatics. 0161 755 0030.
urmstonaquatics.com urmstonaquatics.com
 
Ok how long is the t8 bulb?
End of prongs to end of prongs?
I assumed 458mm

The replacement hood comes w one 7w 6500k
led. There are screw holes to add 2 more firva total of 3.
Don't want to know the complete cost to do that. 🙁. And you only get 21 watts and no included dimming.
Novolux led 60 at AliExpress are $40US for those 7 watts.
Soo in US that would be $96 +. (2 x $40)
$176....At over $8/watt well crazy pricing.
www.aliexpress.com

Juwel Aquarium NOVOLUX LED,White Blue Red Color,Waterproof And Energy-Saving LED lighting - AliExpress 15

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
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This is an example of what you should get.
Well what retrofits without having to rewire.

 
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