Bjorn
Gary Lange wrote:
>
> I'm not so sure what you are talking about is the same thing. Bulbs can be of
> a thinner diameter ie old style T-8's (~ 1 inch/2.54 cm diameter) but still not
> work in the new style ballasts. A lot of light bulbs have been now offered in
> the lower diameter format, but they aren't the same thing. And these bulbs,
> purchased at a wholesale price are downright cheap the 5000 K were something
> like US$6-7 each. People routinely pay 3 times or more that price. See if you
> can weasel your way into a Granger's. They will be able to give the the
> correct ballast and lighting info. I've got to go hunting myself soon as I
> need to relight my 7 footer. I'll definately use the "new" T-8's.
>
> Gary Lange
> gwlange at STLNET.com
> Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
> http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html
>
> ----------
> > From: Bjorn Straube <straube at digital.net>
> > To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [RML] lights and ballasts
> > Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 9:16 PM
> >
> > Hi All,
> > As it happens I was in talking to my light suplier recently about T8
> > lighting. They claimed that the ballasts could run 1-2 and 3-4 bulbs
> > depending on which balast you get. The bulbs while more expensive last
> > longer so that the price should equalize a bit (now I don't know if the
> > the bulbs will last longer from a spectrographic point of view). Also
> > the Triton bulb is slated to be released as a T8 soon :) Just thought
> > I'd add a little.
> >
> > Bjorn
> >
> >