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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
Hi all.. I picked out a ballast I think will work for my application
(my tank is 50G and won't be highly planted -- just medium at best). Anyway, I need to get rid of my temporary lighting that I'm using now as it is providing insufficient light. Anyway, the ballast I picked out isn't available at my local HD or Lowes -- these guys almost exclusively carry magnetic ballasts.. Sheesh.. Anyway, do you guys get them at your local electrical supply house or somewhere else? Also, I picked a ballast made by Sylvania, but it won't work with more than (T12 F40) 3 lamps. Are there other manufacturers that make ballasts that could be made to work with 4 lamps? Thanks! X-addict |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 18:46:48 GMT, X-Addict wrote:
Hi all.. I picked out a ballast I think will work for my application (my tank is 50G and won't be highly planted -- just medium at best). Anyway, I need to get rid of my temporary lighting that I'm using now as it is providing insufficient light. Anyway, the ballast I picked out isn't available at my local HD or Lowes -- these guys almost exclusively carry magnetic ballasts.. Sheesh.. Anyway, do you guys get them at your local electrical supply house or somewhere else? Also, I picked a ballast made by Sylvania, but it won't work with more than (T12 F40) 3 lamps. Are there other manufacturers that make ballasts that could be made to work with 4 lamps? Thanks! X-addict I have the Advance Ballast catalog and have not seen a 4 lamp ballast for T-12 lamps. You can get a T-8 four lamp ballast. I can get them at the local Lowes (very expensive) or Home Depot (under $20). |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
Fulham makes an electronic ballast that will run 4 F40T12's. The Workhorse 7 is
the one you want. I have a used one I would part with if you are interested. Hi all.. I picked out a ballast I think will work for my application (my tank is 50G and won't be highly planted -- just medium at best). Anyway, I need to get rid of my temporary lighting that I'm using now as it is providing insufficient light. Anyway, the ballast I picked out isn't available at my local HD or Lowes -- these guys almost exclusively carry magnetic ballasts.. Sheesh.. Anyway, do you guys get them at your local electrical supply house or somewhere else? Also, I picked a ballast made by Sylvania, but it won't work with more than (T12 F40) 3 lamps. Are there other manufacturers that make ballasts that could be made to work with 4 lamps? Thanks! X-addict |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
In article , Paulio629 wrote:
Fulham makes an electronic ballast that will run 4 F40T12's. The Workhorse 7 is the one you want. I have a used one I would part with if you are interested. Very cool! This is the one I was looking for.. I visited a local electrical supply house in Hawthorne (CA) today and they weren't very helpful and said that unless I was ordering multiple ballasts, I was out of luck.. On the good side, this company (Fulham) is located VERY nearby (like 10 minutes) and I'm sure I can get one locally. The one question I have is what their Ballast Factor is -- If I'm reading their FAQ correctly, that's what they are calling their "High Power Factor"...? X-addict |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
I have a 65 gal Oceanic that came with a dual ballast, but I also managed to
get a mountable ballast from Coralife (the light bulb makers)... basically it is an adjustable set that allows you to screw on a bracket and clip that holds the light, and the ends just fit on the end of each light... It works great and have it mounted under the front of my hood for a total of 4 lights... Look for something like that from Coralife... That should solve your problem "X-Addict" wrote in message ink.net... In article , Paulio629 wrote: Fulham makes an electronic ballast that will run 4 F40T12's. The Workhorse 7 is the one you want. I have a used one I would part with if you are interested. Very cool! This is the one I was looking for.. I visited a local electrical supply house in Hawthorne (CA) today and they weren't very helpful and said that unless I was ordering multiple ballasts, I was out of luck.. On the good side, this company (Fulham) is located VERY nearby (like 10 minutes) and I'm sure I can get one locally. The one question I have is what their Ballast Factor is -- If I'm reading their FAQ correctly, that's what they are calling their "High Power Factor"...? X-addict |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
In article , Jason wrote:
I have a 65 gal Oceanic that came with a dual ballast, but I also managed to get a mountable ballast from Coralife (the light bulb makers)... basically it is an adjustable set that allows you to screw on a bracket and clip that holds the light, and the ends just fit on the end of each light... It works great and have it mounted under the front of my hood for a total of 4 lights... Look for something like that from Coralife... That should solve your problem Thanks for the info.. X-addict |
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Where to get a good electronic ballast for 3/4 Fluorescents?
I have two workhorse 7 ballasts from Fulham. They work very well. I've got
them lighting 3 T12-40s each. They are long and skinny... makes them kind of awkward to mount (for me anyway since I mounted them on the back of my DIY hood). If you go with these, be sure to get the power to both pins and the ground to both pins. Otherwise you'll have VERY premature bulb burnout. The 240 watts over my 70 gal are very bright and keep my plants growing like mad! Djay "X-Addict" wrote in message nk.net... Hi all.. I picked out a ballast I think will work for my application (my tank is 50G and won't be highly planted -- just medium at best). Anyway, I need to get rid of my temporary lighting that I'm using now as it is providing insufficient light. Anyway, the ballast I picked out isn't available at my local HD or Lowes -- these guys almost exclusively carry magnetic ballasts.. Sheesh.. Anyway, do you guys get them at your local electrical supply house or somewhere else? Also, I picked a ballast made by Sylvania, but it won't work with more than (T12 F40) 3 lamps. Are there other manufacturers that make ballasts that could be made to work with 4 lamps? Thanks! X-addict |
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