LEt's see those Hamilton 14k's!

[Sindjin]

Can anyone post some pics of Hamilton 14ks. Id love to see what they look like. I wanted the Aquaconnects, but I dont have the right ballasts.

Thanks!

 

[whitesquall]

anyone I'm interested too!

 

[Jim_S]

These are all shots of my reef. I use 2 Hamilton SE 175's run on Hamilton E-ballasts.

They are very blue IMO, but I like them very much. this is my second set.

 

[slovan]

Here's a pic of my 250W SE bulbs driven by Coralvue e-ballasts. I think mine looks more white than blue by far.

 

[Sindjin]

Thanks! Id love to see more!

I went to an LFS today and they had Hamilton 14ks with ACtinic supplements. It looked great. Im just worried about growth....will SPS thrive?

 

[chris2222000]

I have two 14k Hamiltons, one on a evc eballast and the other on an Ice cap e ballast. The evc ballast's bulb is way more bluer than the Icecaps. Ill try to get a pic later.
-Chris

 

[bigfalcon36]

Any updates on pics for this thread? I would love to see more tank shots of those people running hamilton's 14k on a some Icecap ballasts!

I got the ballast, just trying to decide on some bulbs now

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6556373#post6556373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slovan

I am loving this picture of slovan's but would like to see other that are ran by Icecaps.

 

[DKreefkeepers]

I have the hammilton on a PFO ballast, it looks great. no pics though

 

[chris2222000]

Ok in the pic at the bottom, the hami on the left is on an Evc E-ballast, the hami on the right is on the Ice-cap e-ballast. Their is hardly any blue at all when run on the Icecap.
-Chris

 

[DKreefkeepers]

wild, what are the par#'s with the 2 ballast?

 

[chris2222000]

Hold on let me check

 

[bergzy]

150w 14k hamilton on a hamilton e-ballast.

looks like a nice white with no blue to me.

 

[DKreefkeepers]

man that looks white!

 

[chris2222000]

The par is actually around the same according to Joes data ~350

 

[sirreal63]

Hamilton 14K DE on an HQI, my tank is coraline heaven which does give it a purple effect, but it isn't that bad inperson.

 

[Sindjin]

Thanks for the pics! I bought a Retro kit off ebay. I have dual 250w's (Advantech M58 ballasts) and dual 110w VHO's ...I should have probably pieced my own lighting system together. Oh well. Live and Learn, unfortunately. We'll see how they look when I get the bulbs. The EuroReef 10k's (?) Have a yellowish/whitish look to them. Im hoping the Ham 14k's will look Whitish/blue.

Oh... have I told any of you that I am completely addicted? Totally. I'm at the point where I can't see dollar signs or prices. For some reason, when its related to Reefing... I just hand over the little, rectangular plastic thingy in my wallet. I get it handed back to me along with whatever items I wanted. Its that easy!

 

[jasonstr8up]

I use (2) 14k 250watt SE Hamiltons and love them. I will try to post some pics tonight.

 

[bigfalcon36]

keep them coming, I just ordered 2x250 watt 14k Hmailtons from hellolights.com and go them for $49.99 each because they matched the price of fishsupply.com's sale on Hamilton's! better stock up!

 

[david8956]

Sindjin - are you sure your M58 ballasts won't fire the AquaConnect bulbs ? The reason I ask is because Sanjay's site shows specs with this bulb running on a M58 ballast. (I have them, but run IceCap ballasts)

 

[Sindjin]

I was told by the owner of a LFS. (Fish and Other Ichthy things) that because they are PROBE firing and not PULSE firing, that they may or may not emit what Im looking for and the life of the bulb could be shortened to like 6 months.