I went in to Dallas North Aquarium to talk to them about stocking my companies Fish and Coral food (a story by itself) during my lunch hour last thursday.
Now Ill be the first to admit that I am a penny pincher, its probably saved my wife and myself alot of money though.
In any case I was done talking with Wayne and was perusing the used items shelves (I cant afford new prices on most hardware
). I have always wanted a dimmer for my Icecap VHO ballast, not a timer but a real dimmer that dims the bulbs to simulate the sun rising and falling.
Champion Lighting has a product called the Solar Dimmer 1000, it does the gradual dimming and even keeps track of solar solstice and simulates stormy weather! Unfortunately they are hard to find for under $350.
Well, low and behold I saw one in the used pile! Its price was sort of hard to read, it could have been 49.99 or 99.99. The 4-9 looked wierd, like someone had no idea what to price it at. So I walked to the register and asked the nice girl how much it was, after some deliberation with her boss they sold it to me for $50!
OMG, its so awesome. I have it running right now and the VHO actinics actually dim! When the sun is coming up the actinics slowly go up in brightness. So cool.
Moral of the story? You never know what youll find at the DNA used shelves!
Nick
Now Ill be the first to admit that I am a penny pincher, its probably saved my wife and myself alot of money though.
In any case I was done talking with Wayne and was perusing the used items shelves (I cant afford new prices on most hardware
). I have always wanted a dimmer for my Icecap VHO ballast, not a timer but a real dimmer that dims the bulbs to simulate the sun rising and falling.Champion Lighting has a product called the Solar Dimmer 1000, it does the gradual dimming and even keeps track of solar solstice and simulates stormy weather! Unfortunately they are hard to find for under $350.
Well, low and behold I saw one in the used pile! Its price was sort of hard to read, it could have been 49.99 or 99.99. The 4-9 looked wierd, like someone had no idea what to price it at. So I walked to the register and asked the nice girl how much it was, after some deliberation with her boss they sold it to me for $50!
OMG, its so awesome. I have it running right now and the VHO actinics actually dim! When the sun is coming up the actinics slowly go up in brightness. So cool.
Moral of the story? You never know what youll find at the DNA used shelves!
Nick
