What type of light is emitted from the T5 bulb? What type of plants will it support?
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24 watts and 2000 lumens. I grew black pearl peppers from seed and this unit was terrifickeep the light about an inch from the top of the seedlings/plant. If it is too far away then the plants will get leggy.
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I have a 24 inch light and I have orchids under it. I am not sure the size of the bulb. I bought this one to replace one that I had because my old one went bad.
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For T5 options i had used Triangle Bulbs T30083-10 (10 pack) - F24T5/850/HO 24-Watt Straight T5 Fluorescent Tube Light Bulb, 10 Pack they had many options to choose from
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This light will draw about 400 watts. Your 250 watt mh will cost less to operate because it draws less power. Which offers better light? As someone who has used both,I prefer the t5,which can be very close to the plants, over the mh which cannot be placed close to plants.
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It is a 25 Watt bulb, type "T". I can't say I have the type of bulb before, sort of tubular night lite.
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This bulb will provide the full light spectrum so it would be preferable to just a plain light bulb for any plant.
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The Starlight LED light physically fits into the sockets of a F15T8 lamp holder. The sockets just hold the LED, but do not power the bulb. Sockets must be de-powered and LED light physically wired to 12 volts DC. We used 8 of the Starlights in our motorhome to replace standard F15T8 florescent bulbs. They are very bright and we are very pleased. I am not familiar with physical characteristics of F15T12 bulb, but am quite sure it is different than F15T8.
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Well its not giving us much information about spectrum but lumen level seems a bit lower then I would like, Using a fixture like this then I would stick to low to medium light level plants, if the mediums die out then you know you need to stick with low light level plants like java fern and anubias. Also depends on how deep of a tank you have. Try a few listed above, Would not buy a lot to try as they might end up dead.
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I used a pretty standard Malibu Low Voltage system and while the bulbs were wedges, I do not know if they were "T5" wedges. They don't seem to be quite as bright as the 7W malibu bulb, but have decent illumination. I've had good success with them the last 6 months - no failures and they've worked in 95 degree temps and at -5 degrees.
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I use it for low light plants - java fern, etc. and it has been perfect. It's a 15W bulb.
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sorry, I have both kinds and I can't remember which they use. I got them for my greenhouse. I'm pretty sure they were T8 because those were the types of bulbs I had to buy but I can't guarantee it. It seems like the bulb type was included in the product description. The lights are very lightweight and come completely assembled which is nice.
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You can use this light with plant as well..I have my 55 gallon planted tank is working great
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Yes, it will work fine. Although im not sure why you would want to. It's full spectrum so you could use it to veg, but a t5 or two would do the same thing and save you a bunch on electricity.
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According to the "National Lighting Product Information Project," 24w on this size bulb is High Output (T5 HO). A Standard T5 lamp of this length is 14w. Google: NLPIP What T5 lamps are available?
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I agree with the other answers, and here is my two cents......The T5 did not raise my power bill much at all. I didn't document the dollar amount because it wasn't even noticeably higher each month. The T5 still need a fan as it does get kinda warm on the small seedlings, but will not burn like metal halide. And you need a piped cooling fan for most of the MH systems I have seen, way more costly then a simple desk top fan like I use for the T5. As for which type of light is better for the plants, opinions vary but flourcent is considered the best by lots of sources. MH in my opinion would work better in a greenhouse or dedicated sealed and cooled grow tent, like most of your marijuana growers like to use. And running the cooling system and buying a tent just adds to the cost of running the MH. I use my T5 to grow superhot chili peppers. Its strong enough to ripen the pods indoors, yet won't burn the leaves if they touch the bulbs, a MH can kill the plants. From what I have read and been told a MH cost way more to run as a total package then the T5. Plus if you do grow questionable plants, you won't get the power spikes and heat signature from the T5, the MH produces LOTS of heat. Hope this helps, the light is great I am buying two more soon. The figures I have ran leads me to believe the T5 is the best output for the dollar, plus the bulbs last longer and cost less.
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I don't have the product. Review here says it takes T7 bulb. Product description reads T5. Which one is it?
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Veg is excellent! With flowering, the light coverage is excellent but you have to buy 3k color bulbs and I'm not so sure on its ability for light to penetrate down into canopy. To make t5 flower successful you need to scrog, supercrop or get many nodes on canopy and you'd get amazing colas. It was worth the buy for me as its clean, barley any heat and light coverage was great for bushy and low plants.
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Hardware or pet stores. Just verify the watts/amps of the current bulb or check the fixture for the information. I believe it uses white light, which covers the entire spectrum, so those for fish tanks and reptiles enclosures work well.
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I have 4 2ft t5 lights and I started all my tomatoes. peppers, cabbage, squash and mellon plants and the lights were perfect. I had flowers on almost all my tomato plants before it was time to plant. every plant is in the garden and doing good. Hope this helps.