Bulb longevity: power compact, NO, VHO.

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by Bob_I

As an example the 96W lost half of its output in LUX in six months. Today I have tested some 65W 50/50 tubes by Coralife. The two I tested were about one year old. They were both down to 2000 LUX I also tested a GE 9325W tube, It tested at 4000Lux I also tested a 24" Helios T5 tube It came out at 1200LUX

So Bob what would the Lux ratings be when the are new
96w
65w
GE
T5