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UVL Testing results
It came out about like I figured. The internal reflected lamps do slightly better than the non reflected lamp and get spanked when you add reflectors to the lamps. If you have a fixture with a flat reflector it will benefit from using the internally reflected lamps.
UVL Lamp test
Lamps fired in a Fauna Marin Ultra Solaris fixture with cooling duct on left side. Flat gloss black metal surface behind lamps.
ATI Blue Plus with about 2 months use on it.
UVL lamps burned in for about 100 hours. R designates internal reflector.
All lamps ran over 4 hours before readings
Readings at the lamp with sensor about 1 ½” from lamp
L (5” from left endcap –label end of lamp
C taken at center of lamp
R taken at right side of lamp 5” from endcap.
Blue Plus L 460 C 473 R 517
454-R L 597 C 500 R 468
454 L 383 C 398 R 396
Aquasun-R L 825 C 721 R 641
Aquasun L 456 C 561 R 493
75/25-R L 750 C 625 R 599
Didn’t take at lamp readings for the 75/25
Reflector readings taken with the sensor in air 17 ¾ inches below the lamp
ATI Blue Plus
No Reflector 13
Aquactinics 48
Ice Cap 46
UVL 454-R
No reflector 15
Aquactinics 27
Ice Cap 24
UVL 454
No Reflector 12
Aquactinics 38
Ice Cap 37
UVL Aquasun-R
No Reflector 19
Aquactinics 43
UVL Aquasun
No reflector 13
Aquactinics 47
UVL 75/25-R
No Reflector 17
Aquactinics 33
UVL 75/25
No reflector 13
Aquactinics 39
As far as the look of the 454 I can't see a difference between it and a Blue Plus.
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