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koral_lover
02/04/2016, 12:05 PM
I am thinking of upgrading to either a ati sunpower or 250 watt metal halide pendant....however, I am running a phoenix DE 150 watt bulb...could I hold off on the upgrade if I throw in a DE 150 watt 10k bulb? What is the PAR difference? Is it substantial?...I am also running 4 t5s, so could make them all blue pluses to offset yellow of the 10k bulb...hopefully.

grigsy
02/09/2016, 10:41 PM
10K shouldn't appear yellow, it should appear white.

It depends on the lamp and ballast used but most 10K bulbs are going to be a lot higher PAR vs a PHX bulb.