Spectral Analysis of 250W Mogul base Metal Halide Lamps – PART III: EVC, Happy Reefkeeping, Agromax and Coralvue

by | Apr 15, 2005 | 0 comments

Since the previous articles on 250W single ended mogul based metal halide lamps [1,2], I have received several more 250W SE lamps from EVC, Happy Reefing, and
Agromax, and Coralvue. These 8 new lamps were evaluated with 6 ballasts used to drive these lamps. The lamps are listed in Table 1. As usual these lamps were tested using the identical setup to all my previous tests, thus allowing for direct comparison between the lamps.

Table 1: List of 250W Single Ended Mogul lamps and ballasts tested

250W SE Lamps 250W Ballasts
EVC 10000K

EVC 14000K

EVC 20000K

HAPPY REEFING 10000K

HAPPY REEFING 14000K

HAPPY REEFING 20000K

Agromax 10000K

Coralvue 10000K

PFO-HQI (ANSI -M80)

Standard Magnetic (M58)

IceCap (Electronic)

Blueline (Electronic)

Reef Fanatic (Electronic)

EVC (Electronic)

 

EVC 10000K

Table 1: EVC 10000K performance on all ballasts

EVC 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 1: EVC 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power (Watts) Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency (PPFD/Watt)
HQI 355 121.5 3.13 154.8 5552 0.4361
Blueline 252 121.4 2.18 102.1 6469 0.4052
Icecap 253 123.7 2.26 103 6076 0.4071
EVC 272 123.7 2.28 110.8 6168 0.4074
Magnetic 301 123.1 2.75 96.5 6491 0.3206
Reef Fanatic 256 123.9 2.17 106.7 5992 0.4168

 

EVC 14000K

Table 2: EVC 14000K performance on all ballasts

EVC 14000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 2: EVC 14000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency

PPFD/Watt

HQI 332 122.4 2.92 84.4 0 0.2542
Blueline 252 122.3 2.18 67.2 0 0.2667
Reef Fanatic 256 122.9 2.22 68.1 0 0.2660
Icecap 251 123 2.29 66.8 0 0.2661
EVC 271 122.6 2.34 71.4 0 0.2635
Magnetic 257 123.5 2.6 55.4 0 0.2156

 

EVC 20000K

Table 3: EVC 20000K performance on all ballasts

EVC 20000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 3: EVC 20000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency

PPFD/Watt

Icecap 252 122 2.31 50.6 0 0.2008
EVC 272 121.8 2.35 57.3 0 0.2107
Reef Fanatic 256 122.2 2.22 53.5 0 0.2090
Blueline 252 123 2.18 51.6 0 0.2048
HQI 339 122.7 3.01 67.6 0 0.1994
Magnetic 261 122 2.64 45.9 0 0.1759

 

Happy Reefing (Avalon) 10000K

Table 4: HappyReefing (Avalon) 10000K performance on all ballasts

HappyReefing (Avalon) 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 4: HappyReefing (Avalon) 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
Icecap 256 121.6 2.32 93.5 9941 0.3652
EVC 272 120.8 2.35 103.1 9893 0.3790
Reef Fanatic 256 121.8 2.21 102.6 8436 0.4008
Blueline 252 122.4 2.15 104.4 8465 0.4143
HQI 376 122.0 3.31 170.6 7747 0.4537
Magnetic 315 124.1 2.78 128.6 8364 0.4083

 

Happy Reefing (Avalon) 14000K

Table 5: HappyReefing (Avalon) 14000K performance on all ballasts

HappyReefing (Avalon) 14000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 5: HappyReefing (Avalon) 14000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency

PPFD/Watt

HQI 325 121 2.98 85.3 0 0.2625
Blueline 254 121.2 2.21 61.1 0 0.2406
Reef Fanatic 256 121.3 2.22 58.1 0 0.2270
Icecap 254 121.2 2.32 58.9 0 0.2319
EVC 272 121.1 2.34 67.9 0 0.2496
Magnetic 277 123.4 2.68 53.7 0 0.1939

 

HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K

Table 6: HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K performance on all ballasts

HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K Lamps on all ballasts


Figure 6: HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
EVC 272 121.4 2.35 79.6 0 0.2926
Icecap 253 121.2 2.33 74 0 0.2925
Reef Fanatic 256 121.4 2.23 72.7 0 0.2840
Blueline 253 121.9 2.21 70.7 0 0.2794
HQI 330 121.8 2.98 106.6 0 0.3230
Magnetic 272 123 2.69 53.9 0 0.1982

 

Agromax 20000K

Table 7: Agromax 20000K performance on all ballasts

Agromax 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 7: Agromax 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency

PPFD/Watt

Reef Fanatic 255 122.9 2.19 50.1 0 0.1965
EVC 272 122.6 2.31 59.7 0 0.2195
Icecap 253 122.9 2.28 56.6 0 0.2237
Magnetic 284 123.2 2.72 60 0 0.2113
Blueline 252 122.7 2.15 53.4 0 0.2119
HQI 345 122.7 3.01 78.4 0 0.2272

 

Coralvue 10000K

Table 7: Coralvue 10000K performance on all ballasts

Coralvue 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Figure 8: Coralvue 10000K Lamps on all ballasts

Ballast Power
Watts
Input Volts Input Amp PPFD CCT Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
Reef Fanatic 253 123.5 2.16 95.9 8782 0.3791
EVC 268 123.1 2.28 108.7 8928 0.4056
Icecap 255 123.1 2.28 97.7 8705 0.3831
Magnetic 308 123.5 2.76 119.5 8739 0.3880
Blueline 252 121.8 2.16 99.3 8382 0.3940
HQI 368 121.4 3.25 170.6 7900 0.4636

 

References

  1. Joshi, S. Spectral Analysis of 250W Mogul Lamps – Part I, Advanced Aquarist , July 2004
  2. Joshi, S. Spectral Analysis of 250W Mogul Lamps – Part II, Advanced Aquarist , Aug. 2004.
  • Sanjay Joshi in real life is a Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. He has been a reef addict since 1992, and currently keeps several reef aquariums at home including a 500G SPS coral dominated reef. He also co-manages the 500G aquarium at Penn State. He has published several articles in magazines such as Marine Fish and Reef Annual, Aquarium Frontiers, Aquarium Fish, and Advanced Aquarist. In addition, he has been an invited speaker at several marine aquarium society meetings in the US and Europe. He received the MASNA award in 2006, for his contributions to the marine aquarium hobby.

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