Re: GE Lightbulbs

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

MotomanBarton at aol_com wrote:
> 
> A light fixture is a light fixture as lond as it runs the light bulb i don't
> see how it would deminish the light.

Not quite.
 
Some tube types have a spectrum that is better for plants and fish than
others. Skinny tubes, like T-8, are more efficient to start with, and are
even more efficient as far as getting reflectors to be efficient. T-5,
Compact Fluorescents, are the next step up from that. They give the most
useful light with least overheating of your tank.

Check out http://www.ahsupply.com/index.html for some good tutorial
information.

The typical shop light is wasting over half the energy you should be getting
out as light. White paint causes a lot of restrike that a well-designed
enhanced-reflectivity mirror-like surface avoids, for example. Fat tubes are
bad, too, compared to skinny ones.

Wright

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