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Originally Posted by cbwmn  Patch
When you OD a fluorescent lamp with two power leads, it doesn’t double the light output.
I put 4 power leads into a 30 watt,
36” fluorescent tube. I figure that I’m getting theequivalent of two 30 watt tubes. I read an article about a year ago on the subject, I’ll try to find it and give you the link.
Charles |
Charles,
The article I read said that a 32 watt with 2 leads pushing it would product 56 Watts.
I'm having a problem with links now working so I didn't make this a clickable URL, but this URL has lots of good information about this method.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...ting-odno.html Quote:
Originally Posted by Winkyee I've been running 4x ODNO for a couple years now.
Temps did not increase significantly over 1x set up, I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head but I believe it was about 20F at the tubes measured with an infrared thermometer.
Overall, I think that the temps in an open ODNO fixture(even at 4x) would be far lower than in a closed normal output fixture mounted in ceiling with no airflow and diffuser installed. |
Winkyee,
Thanks for your input, this is exactly what I'm wanting to hear!! I think this is a technique that most people don't know about and so they won't comment. Hearing from someone who has done it for quite sometime gives me confirmation! What is wild about this whole thing is by my calculations, I'm gonna get about 560 Watts for under $100. That is crazy!!
glenn