pl-l lights

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 00:36

just bought a osram pl light, 36 Watts
but its cool white!! argh....its a bit yellowish..
does it matter er wei?, and what is the approprite wan to use ah? osram 6500K is which?

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 00:36

just bought a osram pl light, 36 Watts
but its cool white!! argh....its a bit yellowish..
does it matter er wei?, and what is the approprite wan to use ah? osram 6500K is which?

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 00:36

just bought a osram pl light, 36 Watts
but its cool white!! argh....its a bit yellowish..
does it matter er wei?, and what is the approprite wan to use ah? osram 6500K is which?

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 00:36

just bought a osram pl light, 36 Watts
but its cool white!! argh....its a bit yellowish..
does it matter er wei?, and what is the approprite wan to use ah? osram 6500K is which?

**PeterGwee** · 29th Sep 2002, 10:37

As long as it indicates 6500K and 36Watts near the connector point area it should be ok.

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 13:48

dun have ler..
they didnt write anything

**PeterGwee** · 29th Sep 2002, 14:07

PL light is somewhat like 2 tubes joint together.... Are you sure those are PL tubes or just normal FL? Where did you buy them? How do you know they are 6500K and 36Watts..you mean the person sold you the light told you so?

**jasonG** · 29th Sep 2002, 20:06

they are pl lights lah..
the box wrote cool white, no 6500K
and its 36Watts... its a bit yellowish..
so how ? [

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**DEA** · 29th Sep 2002, 21:20

cool white is 3500~4000K
daylight is &gt;6000K

you probably got the former
try using it, if the plants grow, no diff to them
it's only that your plants might appear to be a strange colour, is all
my mv is yellow enough that purple/violet plants look green

**vinz** · 29th Sep 2002, 22:54

[:0] Oh crap!!! I've telling people to buy cool white!

**Simon** · 30th Sep 2002, 09:37

LOL... vinz, i oso thght cool white was closer to 10,000k [

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heard from Chan that Osram tubes r 6000k

**jasonG** · 30th Sep 2002, 17:53

wahaha, at least now we know eh..
anyway, the light makes the aquarium have a yellowish look, like more tropical liddat. Kinda cool lar, plants are having a good time bubbling, so, as long as it works.. [

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yar, vinz, last time u tell me aso, then simon tell me the other way round... haha..just jkng