At 11:11 AM 11/24/97 -0600, you wrote:
>How do the new bulbs compare to the tri-phosphor bulbs in terms of how good
>their spectrum matches the sun's? Which temperature bulb has the best match?
>
>-- Stephen Boulet
>stephenbou at aol.com
>http://members.aol.com/stephenbou/
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>To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au at INTERNET
>From: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au at INTERNET on Sun, Nov 23, 1997 12:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [RML] lights and ballasts
>
>> Hi Gary,
>> Yup, I'm talking about the new ones, 5000K, 6000K, and 6200K bulbs
>> (don't quote me on the 6200K bulbs though). Aparently the ballasts used
>> to run them are "smart" and can adjust their output by one bulb, ie 3 or
>> 4 bulbs. Grainger is a really cool place, but they usually don't like
>> to sell retail (prefer selling to buisinesses) and can be a bit pricey
>> for my tastes (you usually get what you pay for though, quality is very
>> good most of the time). I prefer going to a lighting wholesaler. They
>> are Usually(big U in that ;) ) the least expensive and really know their
>> stuff. Unforunatly not all wholesalers are willing to sell retail, you
>> have to get lucky I guess.
>>
>> Bjorn
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