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Re: [APD] GE "Daylight" CF screw-in bulbs?
I believe Wright Huntley wrote this email section below:
> I used many twisty tubes in their early days in regular aquarium hoods
> (when they would fit).
>
> My experience was that their lifetime was pathetic when used in any
> position but base down, as in a normal table-lamp socket. YMMV.
>
> In a hood, they blacken early and lose considerable brightness while
> still young. The ballasts often died in infancy, too. Maybe they are
> better now, but I suspect not.
Interesting. My Interpet aqua3 cube comes with the devices mounted
horizontal. Any chemical reason why this happened?
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Stuart Halliday
http://mytriops.com/
200 Million years in the making...
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