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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Guys. I have read a lot of threads about those 3000k, 6000k and 8000k bulbs (PIAA, xeondepot and etc). What does the number mean?
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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they are temperature settings in kelvin....

around ~5000 = white color

3000 = yellow
8000 = purple
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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it's like a fire, the hotter the fire the bluer it gets right?
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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no.

http://www.intellexual.net/hid.html
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