Actual length of T5 same as all other bulbs?

[eljefe3]

I was looking through ebay to buy some actinic lights. I came across a seller who states that all t5 bulbs are metric and actauly are 46" long and not 48". Are all bulbs actually 46" or is it just t5's that are different?

Reason I ask is I live overseas, so if I pull the trigger on this purchase, I'd hate to lug the bulbs halfway across the world only to find they wouldn't fit.

If I could find actinic's here in SE Asia, I would but no one seems to know where to get them.

[pjf]

Linear T5 bulbs are generally a couple of inches shorter than linear T8/T10/T12 bulbs. See Table 2 at the bottom of this webpage:
http://www.mge.com/business/saving/madison/LI_05.html

[eljefe3]

ok thanks.