So Bob what would the Lux ratings be when the are new :question:
96w
65w
GE
T5

That is a fair question :rolleyes: , but can only partly be answered. For the 96W it is immaterial :eek: , it lost half of its original output in six months (I don't remember the numbers).

I have just measued an almost new 65W CSL Smartlamp. It measures a little under 5000 LUX.

Brand new 10000/6700K Sunpaq measures just over 5000 LUX

I have no new T5, or GE 9325 tubes, so I cannot measure them. :sad:

I did just add the old Actinic Coralife to the old 10000K, and only got 3000 LUX :sad:

I then added the old GE to the old Coralife, and got more than 4000 LUX :eek:

I can tell you that visually the other 65W tubes looked great when new, but are very dull after one year :mrgreen:

Do you have the source for that? I have a serious problem with that. 5X the current would mean 5X the wattage, which would give off 5X the heat. That should give you some melted canopies. I have not seen any reports like that. :rolleyes:

well ya the power consumption goes it. I have read it on 2 or 3 sites that manufacture PC's and they say to change them frequently because of this. also there have been a couple posts on this problem and exactly like you said a couple melted canopies. this was all about a year or two back, I believe it was on RC, I'll see if I can find them again.

Steve