E5 led/T5 lighting

[joeyhatch11]

Perfect! Thank you for the response!

No problem. They really are a great bulb. Also running 2 Coral+ in my 4 bulb fixture. Once they need replacing I'm going to swap over to 1 Day Light and 1 Cool Day Light

 

[moidol]

Will the E5 work with the VUE 660 ballast or other T5 ballast?

 

[joeyhatch11]

Will the E5 work with the VUE 660 ballast or other T5 ballast?

Yes they plug into the fixture and run with any brand ballast.

 

[moidol]

Yes they plug into the fixture and run with any brand ballast.

good to know thx! will it shorten the life since the VHE 660 over driven?

 

[moidol]

Just got a reply I guess Im out of luck.

No, the lamps only work with office T5HO ballast, the 660 is known to damage the E5 lamps.

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[Damon]

Just got a reply I guess Im out of luck.

No, the lamps only work with office T5HO ballast, the 660 is known to damage the E5 lamps.

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Scott

EUROQUATICS

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What? The icecap660 does? That would have between nice to know prior to purchase.. These bulbs aren't cheap and neither is the ballast..

 

[Griffothefog]

I guess I'll ask this again and hope to get some feedback. Do these provide a shimmer like typical LED's

No they don't but they are superb, I have 6 in a RS250 and they run cool with great color!

 

[Polyp Addict]

I also experienced 2 of my chalices and 2 of my favias getting "burned" bleached areas after adding two blue pops on my ATI fixture. I put them in a more shaded area and seem to have recovered, never seen it happen before I added the blue pop bulbs. I do like the bulbs, but have now just used them as dusk/dawn lights instead of with the rest of my 4 bulbs together. I have seen improvements with their color coming back and I don't have to hide in the shade anymore.

 

[FarmerTy]

What? The icecap660 does? That would have between nice to know prior to purchase.. These bulbs aren't cheap and neither is the ballast..

There goes me trying them! [emoji17]

 

[Damon]

There goes me trying them! [emoji17]

Yeah.. I'm bummed that a big red "no can't be used with these ballasts" was not posted.. Counting the ballast and bulbs, I've got close to 400.00 wrapped up in their system.. The only thing I can do at this point is wait and see, because that was "NOT" something that was stated up front..

 

[CoralNerd]

ATI Sunpower balast are fine, right?

 

[dbrewsky]

Well with ATI's using over driven ballasts it would seem that would be the case? Hopefully the manufacturer will chime in as this is information that should have been provided from the onset on here and more importantly in advertisement if there were any incompatibilities with customer owned equipment.

 

[Damon]

Well with ATI's using over driven ballasts it would seem that would be the case? Hopefully the manufacturer will chime in as this is information that should have been provided from the onset on here and more importantly in advertisement if there were any incompatibilities with customer owned equipment.

I couldn't agree more..

 

[joeyhatch11]

Yeah that is crappy they dosnt bother to mention at all that certain fixtures that use ballast to overdrive bulbs are a no go for E5 upgrade. So many people have to be ticked about this.

 

[joeyhatch11]

Yeah that is crappy they dosnt bother to mention at all that certain fixtures that use ballast to overdrive bulbs are a no go for E5 upgrade. So many people have to be tick ed about this.

 

[CoralNerd]

ATI Sunpower balast are fine, right?

Bump my question.

 

[JMMJ13902]

Tagging along...interested to see some pics for comparisons.

 

[ColaAddict]

Do these work with the ATI Sunpower ballasts?
I have a friend who tried these on a Giesemann fixture and they broke his Giesemann ballasts.

 

[gus6464]

Do these work with the ATI Sunpower ballasts?
I have a friend who tried these on a Giesemann fixture and they broke his Giesemann ballasts.

Did euroquatics replace the ballasts?

 

[ColaAddict]

Did euroquatics replace the ballasts?

He just switched to LEDs :)
He said Giesemann ballasts are a pain in the butt to replace.
He still using the Blue Pops as supplements. He bought some cheaper single T5 light fixtures from amazon and they work fine with the Blue Pops.