Product Review: Spectral Analysis of 400W Metal Halide Lamps: Giesemann, Krystal Star, South Pacific Sunlight, BLV, Catalina
Introduction Nine new 400W lamps were tested with seven different ballasts. The lamps are listed in Table 1. These lamps were tested using the identical set... Read more.
Product Review: Spectral Analysis of 250W Metal Halide Lamps: Giesemann, Krystal Star, South Pacific Sunlight, BLV, Phoenix Electric Company
Since the last report on 250W metal halide lamps, I have received several new lamps. These 7 new mogul base lamps and 4 double ended lamps were evaluated with 6... Read more.
Product Review: Analyzing Reflectors: Part V
Since the last set of reflector tests in 2004, I have received five new reflectors for various metal halide lamps. This article presents test results on the... Read more.
Product Review: Spectral Analysis of 175W Metal Halide
Introduction In a previous article I presented the spectral data of 11 175W Metal halide ballasts. This article continues with the test results of 11 more 1... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of 175W Metal Halide Lamps – Part I
Introduction Over the last few years I have received several requests to test and report on the 175W Metal Halide lamps. These lamps are quite popular with aqua... Read more.
Underwater Light Field and its Comparison to Metal Halide Lighting
Over the past few years of testing MH lamps used in the hobby and attempting to characterize the light over the aquariums, one question that has often been at t... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of XM 15000K Metal Halide Lamps
Since their introduction in the last few months, the XM 15000K metal halide lamps have generated a lot of interest. This article presents a complete analysis of... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of Mogul base Coralvue and Coralvue-Reeflux Metal Halide Lamps
Since the previous reports on some Coralvue lamps , I have received a new set of Coralvue lamps 400W 10000K, 14000K, and 20000K lamps. Additionally Coralv... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of 250W Mogul base Metal Halide Lamps – PART III: EVC, Happy Reefkeeping, Agromax and Coralvue
Since the previous articles on 250W single ended mogul based metal halide lamps , I have received several more 250W SE lamps from EVC, Happy Reefing, and Agroma... Read more.
Spectral Analysis of 250 Watt Double Ended Metal Halide Lamps and Ballasts: EVC, Happy Reefing, IceCap, AB, and Coralvue
Since the previous two articles on 250W Double Ended metal halide lamps, I have received several more 250W DE lamps, and some more 250W Electronic ballasts ... Read more.