Re: GE Lightbulbs

[Edd.Kray at rf_doe.gov]

We're not talking about the tubes, we are talking about the fixtures.


                                                                                           
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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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