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Originally Posted by SheilaJ
Whoops, I have HO t5's, not regular t5's. My bad. They run hot but are BRIGHT! So bright I pulled the minicatts out until I could lower the shelf significantly. They were not cheap, but I feel they were worth it.
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Yes Sheila, I just received my system yesterday to replace my Power Compact light system and the new system is VERY VERY bright!!! Good grief! lol
Today the orchids are going without light until I can build a stand to raise the lights up higher (don't want to put holes in the cabinet bottom above the orchidarium.)
The PC lights just sat on top of the orchidarium and I thought I could do that and just raise them an inch to cool. No way! While the ballast is completely cool and silent the bulbs get fairly hot plus I am afraid the new intensity will burn my low light orchids at the bottom of the orchidarim which is about 18" from the top.
UGH, more work but I am glad I got it. I went with the 4ft New Wave system since they are fabricated and made in the USA and have a 2 year warranty.
Yep, there are not cheap but mine will easily pay for its self since it uses a little less electricity than the PCs and the bulbs cost less than half!!
Calvin, stating it like that is just as good as saying HO or NO. Both ways help folks know what the other person has or is referring to.
I can kind of see the point now that I think about it - it's probably important that people know the type of ballast before trying to shove bulbs in. It just makes more sense to me and seems more informative to me to say a 54W T5 ballast vs a 24W T5 ballast, rather than saying "HO vs NO" But to each his own - I don't keep aquariums or coral so I suppose I haven't had the chance to become 'very used' to the terminology.
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