thank you for that extremely informative post!
Do you happen to have any pics of the System 260 Moonlight? I went to their website, but it's still kind of small. I'd like to have some macroshots of it if it were possible.
When you say that the the ballasts generate too much heat and they had to go magnetic, are you saying that the ballasts are inside the fixture? I thought all of the Giesemann's had their ballasts outside of the fixture, but I only get my information from the web and I can't see these things first hand.
Also, on the high heat electronic ballasts: how much extra will this option be and could Giesemann change over my magnetic ballasts if I ordered this fixture before electronic ballasts were available? I'm pretty sure the answer is no, and that's really giving me something to think about. I am sure I could hold out for the electronic ones and I heard from Philippe at Xenia that the electronic ballasts are much better and carry a 2 year warranty over the 1 year warranty on magnetic ballasts. BTW, what's the warranty on the 260 Moonlight?
When you say 2 on/off times, do you mean 2 independent times for each type of light? So, you can turn the fluorescents on twice/day and the MH twice/day and have them come on independent of each other? Hmm, I don't know why I would need to turn of the lights twice/day or photoperiod, but I suppose this is good to know. I also would like to find out how the fixture does the cloud simulation. I'm pretty sure the sunlight simulation would just mean having each MH light power up with a delay, right?
I'd love to get T-5's on the Moonlight, but as it stands, that thing is already $2300 and another $300 might just put it on the verge of ridiculousness for me to be spending
Are the T-8's are 36" long on the 120mm fixture?
Is the Moonlight a true US version/configuration? What I mean is that it doesn't need a transformer to switch 220vac to 115vac, etc. I read that it has an external transformer box, so I can only assume that this is what it's implying.
The black and white wire for the US configuration is for the electrical wires, right? The one that looks like a telephone cord? And the structural wires are aircraft grade?
I think I have a lot more questions, but I'll wait for your reply. Thanks!