Dear Fluorescent Light Fanatics,
There is some new technology that is now available that will make those super-expensive T5 Tek Light ballasts and bulbs obsolete both in terms of price and lumen output. Until now, if you wanted the Super High Output of a T5 Tek light you would have to pay around 200 to 300 dollars for a 2 to 6 bulb ballast. You could buy cool white T5 tubes or warm daylight T5 tubes and those were the only two colour options available and you liked it. You wound up living in a van down by the river because you spent your rent money on these ridiculously expensive ballasts....
Allright Fluoro Fanatics.....get ready to say
Remember the T8 electronic fluorescent ballasts that are available for 50 dollars at the Home Despot? Well now these T8 ballasts can be retro-fit with a brand new generation of fluorescent light-bulbs called "T6" bulbs (I know this can be confusing....bear with me if UB a newby) that provides a 10 to 40 percent lumen increase over ordinary T8 bulbs. This effectively turns any old T8 electronic ballast (50 dollars) into a T5 Tek light ballast (200-300 dollars).
But wait......it gets better
The new generation of T6 bulbs come in a huge variety of spectra from warm daylight to 10,000K blue bulbs which are optimal for cuttings. You can mix and match colours if you want and perform werid experiments too. The sky is the limit! Okay get ready.....here is the website. Let me just say that I am not affiliated with any company whatsoever. But to my knowledge this guy is the first dude to offer these new bulbs on the entire Internet and believe me I have looked around. I have not seen these bulbs in Home Despot or any Aquarium store either.....so click this link:
http://www.naturallighting.com/store_front.cfm?&parent_id=54
to see more information on T6 bulbs. Down with T5 bulbs and ballasts! Long live the T6 retro-fit bulbs in a T8 electronic ballast! (I know it is confusing)
-kind regards gp
There is some new technology that is now available that will make those super-expensive T5 Tek Light ballasts and bulbs obsolete both in terms of price and lumen output. Until now, if you wanted the Super High Output of a T5 Tek light you would have to pay around 200 to 300 dollars for a 2 to 6 bulb ballast. You could buy cool white T5 tubes or warm daylight T5 tubes and those were the only two colour options available and you liked it. You wound up living in a van down by the river because you spent your rent money on these ridiculously expensive ballasts....
Allright Fluoro Fanatics.....get ready to say
Remember the T8 electronic fluorescent ballasts that are available for 50 dollars at the Home Despot? Well now these T8 ballasts can be retro-fit with a brand new generation of fluorescent light-bulbs called "T6" bulbs (I know this can be confusing....bear with me if UB a newby) that provides a 10 to 40 percent lumen increase over ordinary T8 bulbs. This effectively turns any old T8 electronic ballast (50 dollars) into a T5 Tek light ballast (200-300 dollars).
But wait......it gets better
The new generation of T6 bulbs come in a huge variety of spectra from warm daylight to 10,000K blue bulbs which are optimal for cuttings. You can mix and match colours if you want and perform werid experiments too. The sky is the limit! Okay get ready.....here is the website. Let me just say that I am not affiliated with any company whatsoever. But to my knowledge this guy is the first dude to offer these new bulbs on the entire Internet and believe me I have looked around. I have not seen these bulbs in Home Despot or any Aquarium store either.....so click this link:
http://www.naturallighting.com/store_front.cfm?&parent_id=54
to see more information on T6 bulbs. Down with T5 bulbs and ballasts! Long live the T6 retro-fit bulbs in a T8 electronic ballast! (I know it is confusing)
-kind regards gp
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GroNut
never heard of using higher wattages than what it is rated for...well i have but it really is WRONG..especially when manipulating the fixtures for use in our hobby.
