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Old 01/29/2004, 06:42 PM
JohnM99 JohnM99 is offline
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't watts per gallon quite indirect? Talking about the wattage of a light is like talking about how many gallons of gas your car burns per hour - not how many miles it makes you go. What we are actually interested in is how many lumens of useful light are delivered, not really in how many watts you had to burn up to generate them?

So a T5 light will deliver more lumens per watt than a power compact - you get both more light actually delivered, but also more for your money. (which you can then hide and spend at the LFS).

Oh, and yes please, bring on the Critters!