Osram PL Tube

[Tanhs]

Bought 2 pieces of Osram tubes from Kelantan Road this afternoon to rig up another double tubes lighting with oceanfree casing. The first one was done by NA so this time I decided to DIY myself. Anyway I want to know if the PL tubes with the following specs are suitable for planted tank.

OSRAM
36 W/860
2900 Lumen
Lumilux
Daylight

[Allen_1971]

Should not be a problem. Basically what you bought is a tri-phosphor PL tube with a color temp of 6000.

[Tanhs]

Thanks Allen

Did a search, so now I know 860 stands for 6000K and 865 for 6500K. The woman bluff me says it's 860 = 8600K. []

[Allen_1971]

Actually for the osram and philips series the 8 stands for the fact that the color rendition index is in the 80+ region...

[xter]

how much u pay for your tubes?

[Tanhs]

17.50 each. Ex huh cos someone was saying 9.50 each in one of the thread here. []

[xter]

hmmm... has to go look around for the supplier...
not sure if anyone here knows who is it.

[nleong]

hi,

which shop did u get from ? is it the one that's manned by 2 women ?

the last time i visited, they told me no stock and would cost abt $10 and i repeated ask them if its daylight, they said yes...

[Tanhs]

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On 12/23/2002 8:26:50 AM

hi,

which shop did u get from ? is it the one that's manned by 2 women ?

the last time i visited, they told me no stock and would cost abt $10 and i repeated ask them if its daylight, they said yes...
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The shop manned by the 2 women(Blk 2 does not have stock on that day so I got it from one shop at Blk 30. As long as it is 6500K and not 4000K you can call them up before you go down to get the $10 per tube.

[nleong]

erm.. thats the problem. I forgot to ask for their number. arrghh!! you have ? []

[David]

been using it for a month or so now..and personally i dont think its very good....i got the 865 which is the 6500K....light is quite yellowish.....