pfo mag and XM 10K's

[tetra9999]

Just got the new ballast a PFO dual 250 and put it with the XM 10k's WOWOWOW what a difference from the coralvue 12k's I have to say I would not recommed the coralvues even though they are cheaper. I went from 290's to 690's on PAR so hopefully I'll actually see some better growth of zoo's etc.. I think I'm going to add atleast one super actinic bulb though.

I used the below chart from another post to help me with bulb/ballast matching.


ARO Electronic Ballast


code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
XM10K 626 249 254 2.15 2.25
IWASAKI 605 250 253 2.11 2.19
AB10K 434 252 254 2.15 2.51
USHIO 408 251 269 2.14 2.61
CV10K 360 249 251 2.11 2.15
RADIUM 327 249 252 2.18 2.23
CV20K 286 249 265 2.16 2.55
XM20K 270 250 253 2.16 2.41
CV15K 243 250 252 2.16 2.22
PFO13K 206 251 252 2.16 2.19
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CoralVue Electronic Ballast

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
XM10K 620 252 270 2.05 2.33
IWASAKI 569 247 266 2.00 2.36
CV10K 430 262 265 2.10 2.13
AB10K 368 224 268 1.80 2.39
USHIO 363 255 265 2.08 2.38
RADIUM 337 260 269 2.13 2.89
CV20K 316 260 265 2.09 2.22
CV15K 311 260 265 2.10 2.16
XM20K 257 248 269 2.01 2.19
PFO13K 203 244 268 1.97 2.17
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Icecap Electronic Ballast

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
IWASAKI 651 252 275 2.17 2.45
XM10K 640 252 262 2.18 2.26
AB10K 422 254 257 2.17 2.30
USHIO 414 252 258 2.19 3.41
CV10K 387 250 251 2.17 2.46
RADIUM 330 252 275 2.19 3.56
CV20K 307 251 253 2.20 2.25
XM20K 270 252 301 2.17 2.81
CV15K 242 251 252 2.20 3.85
PFO13K 227 251 268 2.18 2.86
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PFO HQI Ballast

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
IWASAKI 950 355 384 3.02 4.79
XM10K 936 340 348 2.94 5.33
AB10K 659 341 349 2.96 4.55
USHIO 617 349 360 3.00 7.42
CV10K 457 333 335 2.87 3.25
RADIUM 395 311 315 2.75 3.28
CV20K 355 321 330 2.79 5.18
CV15K 336 317 322 2.76 4.55
XM20K 314 327 337 2.85 3.94
PFO13K 308 311 418 2.76 8.08
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PFO Standard Ballast

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LAMP PAR WATT MaxWATT AMP MaxAMP
XM10K 698 277 284 2,53 5.30
IWASAKI 691 286 331 2.53 6.86
AB10K 566 301 303 2.64 3.81
USHIO 485 284 285 2.53 4.57
CV10K 324 231 233 2.32 4.03
RADIUM 283 231 232 2.38 6.81
CV20K 275 226 261 2.30 7.93
PFO13K 248 257 258 2.50 6.80
XM20K 242 285 285 2.57 3.75
CV15K 242 227 239 2.35 4.14
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[chadfarmer]

I went from 290's to 690's on PAR


BETTER RUN THE LIGHTS FOR LESS TIME

 

[tetra9999]

I will definitely run them for a shorter period. My leather coral has already perked up though!

 

[DrBDC]

Just wait until the Iwasaki 15,000K comes out in the 250 version. Higher par than the XM and a higher kelvin of color too!

 

[tetra9999]

excellent! not sure if that needs the pulse start but I had them add that option to the ballasts.