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Old 20-04-2003, 07:21 AM
Richmond
 
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Default Error in Calculating Watts perl Gal/lit??

Just wondering am I (are we) making an error when calculating
watts/gal.

Mine is a 55 USGal tank, 49" length, with two section 24" each
separated by a metal frame. I have two 55 watts PCF bulbs (22"), each
covering a section. Now my tank is 1 watt/gal or 2 watts/gal ??

I also have a 40 watts (48") bulb which covers entire tank. So
logically my tank is 1.7 watts/gal and not 2.7 watts/gal. Is that
correct?

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Old 20-04-2003, 07:21 AM
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Well, each half of the 55 gal would be its "own" tank 27.5 gals each,
right? And each section has a 55 watt bulb.. So each side would have 2
watts/gal. The 40 watt bulb means an extra 20 watts are on each side, so
75 watts per 27.5 gals, so 2.7 wpg? Or is my logic flawed?

Richmond wrote:
Just wondering am I (are we) making an error when calculating
watts/gal.

Mine is a 55 USGal tank, 49" length, with two section 24" each
separated by a metal frame. I have two 55 watts PCF bulbs (22"), each
covering a section. Now my tank is 1 watt/gal or 2 watts/gal ??

I also have a 40 watts (48") bulb which covers entire tank. So
logically my tank is 1.7 watts/gal and not 2.7 watts/gal. Is that
correct?

--
Thank You

Dominic
http://www.dlink.org/aqua


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Old 20-04-2003, 07:21 AM
kush
 
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Default Error in Calculating Watts perl Gal/lit??

It's not quite that simple because light is refracted and diffuses in
water - it does not travel in a straight line.

Picture the bulb at the apex of a cone of light and the tank bottom as the
base of the cone. OK? Well, that's not the way it happens. Light bounces
around inside the tank in a manner in which I suddenly realize I was
watching the girls in science class the day we learned that and can't
properly describe.

Daniel Whiting wrote in message
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Well, each half of the 55 gal would be its "own" tank 27.5 gals each,
right? And each section has a 55 watt bulb.. So each side would have 2
watts/gal. The 40 watt bulb means an extra 20 watts are on each side, so
75 watts per 27.5 gals, so 2.7 wpg? Or is my logic flawed?

Richmond wrote:
Just wondering am I (are we) making an error when calculating
watts/gal.

Mine is a 55 USGal tank, 49" length, with two section 24" each
separated by a metal frame. I have two 55 watts PCF bulbs (22"), each
covering a section. Now my tank is 1 watt/gal or 2 watts/gal ??

I also have a 40 watts (48") bulb which covers entire tank. So
logically my tank is 1.7 watts/gal and not 2.7 watts/gal. Is that
correct?

--
Thank You

Dominic
http://www.dlink.org/aqua




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Old 20-04-2003, 07:21 AM
Jody
 
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Default Error in Calculating Watts perl Gal/lit??

(55W X 2) + 40W = 150W
150W / 55g = 2.7W/g
Right on!

Jody

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Well, each half of the 55 gal would be its "own" tank 27.5 gals each,
right? And each section has a 55 watt bulb.. So each side would have 2
watts/gal. The 40 watt bulb means an extra 20 watts are on each side, so
75 watts per 27.5 gals, so 2.7 wpg? Or is my logic flawed?

Richmond wrote:
Just wondering am I (are we) making an error when calculating
watts/gal.

Mine is a 55 USGal tank, 49" length, with two section 24" each
separated by a metal frame. I have two 55 watts PCF bulbs (22"), each
covering a section. Now my tank is 1 watt/gal or 2 watts/gal ??

I also have a 40 watts (48") bulb which covers entire tank. So
logically my tank is 1.7 watts/gal and not 2.7 watts/gal. Is that
correct?

--
Thank You

Dominic
http://www.dlink.org/aqua





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