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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / November 2007Metal Halide bulb
I have a 175W hamilton MH lamp (http://www.hamiltontechnology.com/s...ow&cat=Reefstar) I usually buy the bulbs at ebay with no problem, however I just purchased this bulb very cheap: 175 Watt 10,000 Kelvin T-bulb shape E26 Medium base CRI 65 Horizontal Burn Position Runs on an M57 Ballast and discover it is thiner than my mogul bulb. Where did I go wrong? Aren't they supposed to have the same width? My question is, where can I find this lamp fixture? Is it intended for reef tanks? Is there an adapter perhaps? Thanks in advance, however I got the feeling I just threw money away. I don't think that medium base is the same thing as mogule base. I think that medium base is the same size as that of a regular incandescent bulb. Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com RubenD wrote on 11/15/2007 7:20 PM: > I have a 175W hamilton MH lamp > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Thanks in advance, however I got the feeling I just threw money away. And you would also need an M57 ballast. Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com Wayne Sallee wrote on 11/15/2007 9:38 PM: > I don't think that medium base is the same thing as mogule base. > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> >> Thanks in advance, however I got the feeling I just threw money away. Where can I get a fixture/lamp for that bulb? Any ideas? I know if I plug this bulb in a regular socket will get damage. BTW, what's the difference from a regular incandescent fixture to a MH one? > I don't think that medium base is the same thing as > mogule base. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > Thanks in advance, however I got the feeling I just threw money away. You could use a ceramic socket for a regular incandescent. But that bulb also requires a M57 ballast. Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com RubenD wrote on 11/15/2007 9:54 PM: > Where can I get a fixture/lamp for that bulb? > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>> >>> Thanks in advance, however I got the feeling I just threw money away. |
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