E5 led/T5 lighting

joeyhatch11 · Mar 20, 2016

Smite said:
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 · Mar 23, 2016

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

joeyhatch11 · Mar 23, 2016

moidol said:
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 · Mar 23, 2016

joeyhatch11 said:
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 · Mar 23, 2016

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 · Mar 23, 2016

moidol said:
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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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 · Mar 24, 2016

clowninaround74 said:
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 · Mar 29, 2016

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 · Mar 29, 2016

Damon said:
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 · Mar 29, 2016

FarmerTy said:
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 · Mar 29, 2016

ATI Sunpower balast are fine, right?

dbrewsky · Mar 29, 2016

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 · Mar 30, 2016

dbrewsky said:
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 · Mar 30, 2016

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 · Mar 30, 2016

joeyhatch11 said:
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 · Mar 30, 2016

CoralNerd said:
ATI Sunpower balast are fine, right?

Bump my question.

JMMJ13902 · Mar 30, 2016

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

ColaAddict · Mar 31, 2016

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 · Mar 31, 2016

ColaAddict said:
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 · Mar 31, 2016

gus6464 said:
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.