Spectral Analysis of 250W Mogul base Metal Halide Lamps - Part III:
EVC, Happy Reefing, Agromax and Coralvue
Introduction
Since the previous articles on 250W single ended mogul based metal halide
lamps [1,2], I have received several more 250W SE lamps from EVC, Happy Reefing,
and Agromax, and Coralvue.
These 8 new lamps were evaluated with 6 ballasts used to drive these lamps.
The lamps are listed in Table 1. As usual these lamps were tested using the
identical setup to all my previous tests, thus allowing for direct comparison
between the lamps.
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Table 1: List of 250W Single Ended Mogul lamps and
ballasts tested
250W SE Lamps
250W Ballasts
EVC 10000K
EVC 14000K
EVC 20000K
HAPPY REEFING 10000K
HAPPY REEFING 14000K
HAPPY REEFING 20000K
Agromax 10000K
Coralvue 10000K
PFO-HQI (ANSI -M80)
Standard Magnetic (M58)
IceCap (Electronic)
Blueline (Electronic)
Reef Fanatic (Electronic)
EVC (Electronic)
1) EVC 10000K
Table 1: EVC 10000K performance on all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
HQI
355
121.5
3.13
154.8
5552
0.4361
Blueline
252
121.4
2.18
102.1
6469
0.4052
Icecap
253
123.7
2.26
103
6076
0.4071
EVC
272
123.7
2.28
110.8
6168
0.4074
Magnetic
301
123.1
2.75
96.5
6491
0.3206
Reef Fanatic
256
123.9
2.17
106.7
5992
0.4168
Figure 1: EVC 10000K Lamps on all ballasts
2) EVC 14000K
Table 2: EVC 14000K performance on all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
HQI
332
122.4
2.92
84.4
0
0.2542
Blueline
252
122.3
2.18
67.2
0
0.2667
Reef Fanatic
256
122.9
2.22
68.1
0
0.2660
Icecap
251
123
2.29
66.8
0
0.2661
EVC
271
122.6
2.34
71.4
0
0.2635
Magnetic
257
123.5
2.6
55.4
0
0.2156
Figure 2: EVC 14000K Lamps on all ballasts
3) EVC 20000K
Table 3: EVC 20000K performance on all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
Icecap
252
122
2.31
50.6
0
0.2008
EVC
272
121.8
2.35
57.3
0
0.2107
Reef Fanatic
256
122.2
2.22
53.5
0
0.2090
Blueline
252
123
2.18
51.6
0
0.2048
HQI
339
122.7
3.01
67.6
0
0.1994
Magnetic
261
122
2.64
45.9
0
0.1759
Figure 3: EVC 20000K Lamps on all ballasts
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4) Happy Reefing (Avalon) 10000K
Table 4: HappyReefing (Avalon) 10000K performance on
all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
Icecap
256
121.6
2.32
93.5
9941
0.3652
EVC
272
120.8
2.35
103.1
9893
0.3790
Reef Fanatic
256
121.8
2.21
102.6
8436
0.4008
Blueline
252
122.4
2.15
104.4
8465
0.4143
HQI
376
122.0
3.31
170.6
7747
0.4537
Magnetic
315
124.1
2.78
128.6
8364
0.4083
Figure 4: HappyReefing (Avalon) 10000K Lamps on all ballasts
5) Happy Reefing (Avalon) 14000K
Table 5: HappyReefing (Avalon) 14000K performance on
all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
HQI
325
121
2.98
85.3
0
0.2625
Blueline
254
121.2
2.21
61.1
0
0.2406
Reef Fanatic
256
121.3
2.22
58.1
0
0.2270
Icecap
254
121.2
2.32
58.9
0
0.2319
EVC
272
121.1
2.34
67.9
0
0.2496
Magnetic
277
123.4
2.68
53.7
0
0.1939
Figure 5: HappyReefing (Avalon) 14000K Lamps on all ballasts
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6) HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K
Table 6: HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K performance on
all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
EVC
272
121.4
2.35
79.6
0
0.2926
Icecap
253
121.2
2.33
74
0
0.2925
Reef Fanatic
256
121.4
2.23
72.7
0
0.2840
Blueline
253
121.9
2.21
70.7
0
0.2794
HQI
330
121.8
2.98
106.6
0
0.3230
Magnetic
272
123
2.69
53.9
0
0.1982
Figure 6: HappyReefing (Avalon) 20000K Lamps on all ballasts
7) Agromax 20000K
Table 7: Agromax 20000K performance on all ballasts
Ballast
Power
Watts
Input Volts
Input Amp
PPFD
CCT
Efficiency
PPFD/Watt
Reef Fanatic
255
122.9
2.19
50.1
0
0.1965
EVC
272
122.6
2.31
59.7
0
0.2195
Icecap
253
122.9
2.28
56.6
0
0.2237
Magnetic
284
123.2
2.72
60
0
0.2113
Blueline
252
122.7
2.15
53.4
0
0.2119
HQI
345
122.7
3.01
78.4
0
0.2272
Figure 7: Agromax 10000K Lamps on all ballasts
8) Coralvue 10000K
Table 7: Coralvue 10000K performance on all ballasts
