Need help bought a used RB photon 48 v1

[james-lee]

Any particular reason why it’s not as bright and the color is off compared to my photon 32? Both are set to 100% on both channels in the picture.

 

[james-lee]

Ok I think I figured it out. Moon lights are all on on both systems. The 32 has a deep actinic blue and the 48 seems to have a lighter green aqua blue. Didn’t realize that the photons came with different led temps so in theory I probably just need to change out the leds on the 48 to match the 32 and everything should look good. Either that or supplement with an actinic led bar. How hard is it to change the leds on the v1 photons? I’m sure I can find a YouTube video but if anyone had first hand experience I would lie to hear your opinions.

 

[NVTE]

James. I have 2 Photon as well but didn't try to have them side by side. Learn new thing today. Do you have to turn on the light 100% ? Can you dim the white down to match with your 32?

 

[james-lee]

I did but it seems the moonlights and few of the darker blues on the 32 are different than the 48. The 48 has some almost aqua blue colored leds. The 6 moonlights on the 48 are those aqua blue colors and the 3 on the 42 are the dark actinic blue. So Im thinking the reason the color spectrum is off is because all the aqau blue leds are much lighter. Im assuming if I had swapped those out for the actinic blue every thing would match up.

 

[james-lee]

Well I guess I’m blind the photon 32 is a actually an evergrow so maybe that’s why the light spectrum is different.

 

[NVTE]

Well I guess I’m blind the photon 32 is a actually an evergrow so maybe that’s why the light spectrum is different.

oh thanks for clarification. I was saving the small one for future build cause the color is very please to my eye and not break a bank like other unit.