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Is Store brought MH bulb the same as Aquatic bulbs


WCorbin82

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I was in Home Depot today and noticed this 250 w MH bulb by Phillips and I was wondering if this would work in my MH fixture which is 250 watt ballast. Also does Lumens and Kelvin mean the same thing I see on this it says 21K Lumens. I currently have a 20K radium bulb on my (lights not installed yet over the tank). Does this mean it's a deeper blue color in the bulb? f88babc330d61114a053652ff7192358.jpg

 

 

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Spectrum is probably different - almost assuredly different than your Radium. It's probably more yellow to fit the needs of people working in industrial environments. After all, who would regularly like to work under a blue light? Lumens is a measure of light intensity, not color temperature. It will work when driven by an M58 electronic ballast.

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Here's what bulbs.com has on the model of lamp that you've identified. Their page indicates that it has a color temp of 4,000K. 

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