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Screename_116
06/02/2008, 10:29 PM
So I just bought two 150 watt Reef Optics 3 pendants with 2 IceCap electronic ballasts and 2 14k Phoenix bulbs that are six months old ran for 6 hours a day.
How much more life will they produce before I need to swap out?
What is everyone's thoughts on the 150 Watt HQI Radiums?
Screename_116
06/04/2008, 08:22 PM
Bump
mile sq. reefer
06/04/2008, 08:30 PM
I would say you have a good 6 months left. You can go longer based on a study that I read but can't find. I run 150w Pheonix lamps and have heard good things about Radiums. They have good PAR for 20k lamps. Good link to use to compare lamps. http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/
BenJL
06/04/2008, 08:31 PM
I personal replace light bulb one a year . since you bought fixture with old light bulbs, therefore no way you know for sure how old is it . I would get new light bulbs try on and compare if it need to replace or not.
hahnmeister
06/04/2008, 08:37 PM
Pheonix on Icecap, about 12 months. Pheonix on HQI/M80 ballast, I have seen 18 months... a little whiter on the M80, but they do seem to last longer.
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