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Old 07/31/2007, 12:39 PM
bureau13 bureau13 is offline
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I'm using Phoenix bulbs on an HQI ballast right now, and while I do generally like it, I don't like what its done to pinks...they almost look bluish. I'm supplementing with 4x39W UVL Superactinics, but my fixture is 4x250W HQI....I find the 4 HQI tend to drown out the T5s. I originally had AB 10K HQI and Blue+ T5, but the AB is a bit yellowish, which was too much for the T5s to overcome. Sanjay's plots indicate a sub-10K color temp for the G'man bulbs, so I sort of assumed they'd also have this "warm" look and wouldn't pop colors. For those of you who have it, do you feel that, without blue supplemental lights, its really white, or does it have that warm yellow tint that so many 10K bulbs have?

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