Xm 20k not blue?

[Northernseacorals]

Originally Posted by 2bafish

I am returning the xm bulbs. I am thinking of going with giesemann 20k bulbs.. Anyone have experience with them?

Like you I did not like XM bulbs at all; right now I am using Pheonix bulbs and like the colour very much.

[lastlight]

most consider a phoenix to already be closer to 20k than 14k.

And as far as I know most bulbs will fire bluer on electronics so switching ballasts likely won't help you.

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

most consider a phoenix to already be closer to 20k than 14k.

And as far as I know most bulbs will fire bluer on electronics so switching ballasts likely won't help you.

For an LED guy you sure know a lot about halides :-)

I had a problem with one of my ballasts (250w galaxy) earlier this year and it fired a 14K bulb much closer to a yellow 10K. Very noticeable when seen side by side with the other bulbs. At first i thought it was the bulb so my knee jerk reaction was to replace the bulb. Same problem with a new bulb tho. I replaced the ballast and it was fine after that. So ya, the moral of this story is that it could be a ballast issue.