Re: [APD] Odyssea Lights: Are they a P.o.S,?

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

The condensed water vapor is not conductive unless some salts or minerals dissolve into it, which can happen when the water gets on the copper and soldered metals of the lamp and socket contacts. This is facilitated by any corrosion on these parts, which corrosion would be due, in part, to the presence of water.

This isn't likely to precipate early bulb failure unless the situation has gone on for along time. In fact, it would probably, at worst, interfere with proper lighting and, if it goes on for a very long time, the contacts might corrode sufficiently that they will no longer work even when dry and cleaned. I suspect the ballast is not operating correctly, although, it's possible that it's just a run of bad bulbs.

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----- Original Message ----
From: Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz>
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:38:02 AM
Subject: Re: [APD] Odyssea Lights: Are they a P.o.S,?


Stuart Halliday wrote:
> Condensation is water vapour on a surface. Of course it conducts! :-)

Pure water does not conduct electricity. Try it sometime with distilled 
water (which is what condensate is).

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