nina&noah
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Originally Posted by Dennis210
http:///forum/post/2872518
Another thought, with double ended bulbs; if you were to say compare Hamilton, XM, Ushio, and others all sold as 14000K you will see differences in thebrightness of your tank. Seems like what is called 10k or 14 k, or whatever needs to be standardized. Also with removing old double ended bulbs if the ends are charred (blackened) and you replace it the charring was also on the fixture socket and by "wiggling" it you mere scraped it for a better connection. In the future blease only do this with the power off, there are too few of us salt creeps to loose someone!
Dennis
I know, it was stupid. I kept unplugging it and playing with it and then plugging it back in. It wouldn't work so I had to try again. I thought if I left it on I could find the connection and I did. Playing with electicity over water is very stupid. I know.
I wish I would have known there was a difference between the different companies. I thought a light bulb was just a light bulb. Like I said in the beginning, nothing is easy in this hobby!
http:///forum/post/2872518
Another thought, with double ended bulbs; if you were to say compare Hamilton, XM, Ushio, and others all sold as 14000K you will see differences in thebrightness of your tank. Seems like what is called 10k or 14 k, or whatever needs to be standardized. Also with removing old double ended bulbs if the ends are charred (blackened) and you replace it the charring was also on the fixture socket and by "wiggling" it you mere scraped it for a better connection. In the future blease only do this with the power off, there are too few of us salt creeps to loose someone!
Dennis
I know, it was stupid. I kept unplugging it and playing with it and then plugging it back in. It wouldn't work so I had to try again. I thought if I left it on I could find the connection and I did. Playing with electicity over water is very stupid. I know.
I wish I would have known there was a difference between the different companies. I thought a light bulb was just a light bulb. Like I said in the beginning, nothing is easy in this hobby!