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Thread: Metal Halide Bulb Choice

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05-15-2008, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Tangster

Do you have the fixtures now and the ballast ? that would determine the bulbs you need I like the SPS 14 K best bulb I ever ran bar none .. P/M me if you need any help with getting it all together.. But on a 72 I'd go with the 2 250's and I never say any issues with a center brace I have 2 of them on a 135 in Richmond now running for 13 yrs or so and never a shadow . What I'd tell anyone using M/H is if you see a shadow then the bulbs are to close to the water and need to be raised

The only reason I have a shadow is because i only hvae 1-400w light instead of 2-250w lights, didnt really have the money to fork out for 2 so i just got one larger watt.

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