Are the 54 watt T5 H.O. known to shatter at all during use?? If you put one of those shatter shields around the bulb will it effect the lumen output of the reflection of light??

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I Would Think That It Would, I Have Never Use Or Seen A Shatter Shield???,,Is It Like A Lens?, Even A Lens Would Cut Down On The Out-Put..

I Have Been Using T-5's, T-8's, T-12's, & CFL's For Some Time Now, & Never Had One Just Shatter, I Have Dropped & Hit Them & Broken Them, But It's No Big Deal.

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I too have never had a problem with flourescents. They do not get as hot as a HID light so not really likely to happen. You can even grow your plants pretty close to them.

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I have scatter shields, that came with my commercial M.H. fixtures. They are made out of a polycarbonite plastic and the sticker on them says " use in all wet areas " I never have and I've never blown a bulb with liquids either.

I have a T5 with a shield on it. The T5 gets a lot hotter than T12's or sprial CFLs

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But that might be for the heat over the fear of the tubes shattering, somedude.

Peace

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Do you ever have a problem with the moisture from the air and plant messing with the bulb or fixture?