Hats off to Jojoseb

[Fish]

I came home to find out that my 4 month old 175W XM10K was burnt out. After a brief bout of hyperventilation, I called Jody and he had a spare Hamilton 14K bulb that I could use. Now my anemone and montipora are again illuminated - close one. And yes, I am buying backups now.

By the way, that 14K bulbs color is saweeet!


- Chad

[AJ_77]

Originally Posted by Fish

I came home to find out that my 4 month old 175W XM10K was burnt out. After a brief bout of hyperventilation, I called Jody and he had a spare Hamilton 14K bulb that I could use. Now my anemone and montipora are again illuminated - close one. And yes, I am buying backups now.

By the way, that 14K bulbs color is saweeet!

- Chad

Chad, have you heard of anyone else having troubles with their XM bulbs? Maybe this should have a companion post in Product Reviews or Vendor Ratings...?

And who is "Jojoseb?"

[Fish]

Alan,
I believe that I have read before that the XM's don't seem to do as well on icecap ballasts for some reason. I will confirm that before I post - I did get a major color-shifting to yellow in the weeks leading up to the failure.
And jojoseb (Jody) is a member of the board who also lives in Okotoks - and lucky for me.

- Chad