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ReefWreak · 01/14/2016, 01:41 PM

T5s are not power compacts, though they are both flourescent bulbs, and may actually be T5 diameter.

T5 = diameter of flourescent tube. Power compacts generally have at least 2 bends in them to make them more compact than their full length. I.e. PC bulbs look like a T5 bulb that has been bent halfway through and brought back to the socket plug instead of being long and end-to-end. I suppose they both may be T5, though power compact are just a different design type.

This was pretty neat showing the difference in the different TX sizes

01/14/2016, 01:41 PM	#8
ReefWreak Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Astoria, NYC Posts: 10,159	T5s are not power compacts, though they are both flourescent bulbs, and may actually be T5 diameter. T5 = diameter of flourescent tube. Power compacts generally have at least 2 bends in them to make them more compact than their full length. I.e. PC bulbs look like a T5 bulb that has been bent halfway through and brought back to the socket plug instead of being long and end-to-end. I suppose they both may be T5, though power compact are just a different design type. This was pretty neat showing the difference in the different TX sizes