Kino flo true match lamps/tubes on a ebay/chinese ballast?

I bought similar panel from Flo light that came with Osram bulbs as I recall. Then I tried comparing it a DIVA and mix and matched bulbs in both lights. Didn't work well . The kinoflo tubes in particular didn't seem to have the same output in the Flo light fixture that I assume was from China. Must be different ballasts that trat the bulbs differently.
Interesting that the Flo light needed a 1/8 minus green (magenta) filter which the kino flow diva did not . However the Kino flo Diva got quite magenta when dimmed and the Flo Light held its color much better ( as well as being a fraction of the cost)
 
David W. Jones said:
Yes they will work.
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Yes they will work - they will light up, but will they give the same output and color that they do in a Diva light? Don't bet on it. They did not in mine and I tested carefully, but they might in another unit. Best to simply get the kino bulbs and test compared to the same bulbs in a Diva.
I doubt that all Chinese lights are the same.
 
Lenilenapi said:
I bought similar panel from Flo light that came with Osram bulbs as I recall. Then I tried comparing it a DIVA and mix and matched bulbs in both lights. Didn't work well . The kinoflo tubes in particular didn't seem to have the same output in the Flo light fixture that I assume was from China. Must be different ballasts that trat the bulbs differently.
Interesting that the Flo light needed a 1/8 minus green (magenta) filter which the kino flow diva did not . However the Kino flo Diva got quite magenta when dimmed and the Flo Light held its color much better ( as well as being a fraction of the cost)
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Interesting…. I changed all my FloLight tube because I got tired of the minus green filter. The kinos work, but for some reason the Kinos seem 1-2 mm thicker, so I can't reinsert the plastic safety clip :o
Also the Kinos seem to need a 1-2 minute warm up time the first time I turned them on before the reached full power.
 
They always need a warm up and it can be close to 5 minutes if they've been in a truck all night in cold temperatures, not just the first time you use them.
 
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