new bulb not firing?

[woodywood]

got 2 hamilton 14k bulbs last night, put them in this morning and only 1 will fire. the 1 that is working is on a icecap electronic nad the non working is on a blueline electronic.

all that it does is flicker 1 time. guess it is back to the store.

[woodywood]

update 1/2 hour later it is firing.

also wow what a difference the 14k makes coming from a ushio 10k

[cward]

I've had bulbs do that in the past too. Yes, the 14K Hamilton does have a nice color to it. Although the par could be higher, I did get good growth using this bulb.

[jh2pizza]

let them take time. Mine did that at first after a few days, they were fine.

[jh2pizza]

what is the diff between the ushio and the 14K, im using ushio 10K now

[cward]

Ushio 10k is crisp white and the 14k Hamilton are more blue. The Ushio looks more intense also.

[woodywood]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7039431#post7039431 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jh2pizza
what is the diff between the ushio and the 14K, im using ushio 10K now

this is the tank i got from sammie, i think that the ushios are more yello than white and that hamilton 14k is a crisp white with blue.

[pastelball]

Hamilton 14k is nice. Just picked one up Tuesday.

[szwab]

my ushio 10 k 400 watter had a bit of yellow to them.

right now I like my reeeflux 10k but the hamilton 14k was my bulb of choice (may still be) I still am not totally sold on the reeflux