I just fired up my 70watt 10k arc bulb in a regency fixture, the bulb is a nice color, but the regency looks a little ghetto.

I have received my 20000K 175W bulb. There is nothing printed on the bulb, or the packaging to identify it.

Have you fired it up, Bob? I understand there was some concern over whether the 20K and 14K were labelled correctly, and might be switched.

Apparently, the 14 was bluer than the 20?

I got my 175w 10k ... Its a bit yellow.. but maybe it will change after it burns in?

The bulb is in the fixture ready to fire up, but I am waiting for the electronic ballast I ordered from Premium Aquatics to arrive. :rolleyes:

Wow there, Bob... we're going to have to start calling you Mr. Halides.

Who'd a-thunk it? :eek: Pretty cool, though.

:mrgreen:

That happened after I discovered the very fast lumen loss in my 96W PC bulbs. The 50% loss in six months makes them uneconomical in my view. :rolleyes:

my two 10k 55w PC seem brighter in comparison to the single 175w 10K

I'm interested to see how yours turns out.

hmm my old 175 was way brighter than my two 96 watt PC's on my tank back when...

Steve

Chad, even though I like the 55W straight-pin bulbs, I'd hate to see that 175 MH. Sounds poor...

Back to the cheap bulbs part - there seems to be 3 choices for new "affordable" MH now - SA, Arc, and RS (Stephane's). People on the other boards have said they see a colour difference, quality difference, etc... who knows, they could all come from the same factory.

Ivan is out front now with this introductory pricing, though. Let's see how long that lasts. :smile: