14k hamilton vs 20K XM

[Ti]

What is the par diff on these?
Are they relatively the same?

 

[szwab]

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/select2lamp.php

check out Sanjay's site

 

[snslarison]

Im pretty sure XM is higher in Par.

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6560977#post6560977 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snslarison
Im pretty sure XM is higher in Par.

really, but it's a 20K vs 14K?

BTW
Link seems messed up, it won't let me pick type of bulb

 

[moonpod]

For the 250w SE bulbs on an icecap ballast, it was a PAR of 69 for the Hammy and 53 for the XM

The CCT of both lamps is unmeasureable--ie off the chart, so even the putative "14k" Hammy is no where near that....I believe the upper end of the CCT meter is in the 20k range so...

This BTW is common. While "10k" lamps are often at least somewhere in the ballpark of 10k, most lamps labelled 14k and up are off the meter in true color temp

 

[Ti]

Were their DE results the same too?

 

[moonpod]

Noone has formally tested the DE Hammy near as I know. Empirically I've used it berfore. It was very, very similar to the Arcadia 14k. I would imagine that the PAR on DE hammy 14k is much higher than the XM DE 20k (that bulb is WEAK). However, to me anyways, the Hammy 14k is a neither here nor there bulb. It's not a "blue" bulb, so it doesn't give the visual effect of "blue" bulbs. For a "white" bulb, it ain't all that bright. So....

 

[nikonosis]

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

hamilton kills the xm on par

 

[DKreefkeepers]

I have the hammilton on the PFO ballast and it looks great and has high PAR

 

[szwab]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6561009#post6561009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ti
really, but it's a 20K vs 14K?

BTW
Link seems messed up, it won't let me pick type of bulb

gotta start at the top and fill all the boxes in.

 

[sirreal63]

Not sure pics will help or not...but I have both of those bulbs.

The XM 20k can you say purple?

The Hamilton 14k a much better choice in my tank.

Straight on, no flash

The XM I think Barney peed in my tank

The Hamilton

 

[szwab]

i am also a fan of the hamilton 14k

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6563289#post6563289 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by szwab
gotta start at the top and fill all the boxes in.

I did, it stops and glitches at bulb type.

Awesome pix!
I actally run a SE XM 20K, but mine is blue in pics.

 

[milkshake]

Well....this answered my question in my thread.
Deffinately a 14K Hamilton

 

[jasonstr8up]

I use two 14K Hamilton's