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1) What’s the lifespan for bulbs that are only being used a few hours of the day at partial capacity?
For example, I run T5 at 40% for 4 hours each day. I have 2 ATI Blue Plus and 2 ATI True Actinic. LED‘s cover the rest of my lighting schedule.
2). When it’s time to replace bulbs, what is creative method to “burn“ them in? Running them at 100% over my tank for the required 50 hours would not be ideal. Assuming most people use a separate fixture to do this, or is there perhaps some way to safely cover the T5 bulbs (in the DX 18 above my tank) for the 50 hour burn in duration?
Thanks,
Bobby
For example, I run T5 at 40% for 4 hours each day. I have 2 ATI Blue Plus and 2 ATI True Actinic. LED‘s cover the rest of my lighting schedule.
2). When it’s time to replace bulbs, what is creative method to “burn“ them in? Running them at 100% over my tank for the required 50 hours would not be ideal. Assuming most people use a separate fixture to do this, or is there perhaps some way to safely cover the T5 bulbs (in the DX 18 above my tank) for the 50 hour burn in duration?
Thanks,
Bobby