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Old 01-14-2009, 01:33 PM
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Well, for your information, Giesemann bulbs are designed to run on high output HQI or electronic ballasts. HQI ballasts and DE bulbs are used together but, that is not there only application, this is a common misconception.
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Originally Posted by Myka View Post
You're running 400w SE's on an HQI ballast? No wonder they are bright!!! The HQI actually overdrives the SE as HQI are deisgned to run DEs. The Giesemanns are often nice bulbs. I realy like the 250w 13,000K SEs, but they are an expensive bulb, and the Ushio and XM have higher PAR (if I remember correctly...I haven't been up on lighting lately).
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