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Old 01/06/2008, 05:38 PM
jksteele010 jksteele010 is offline
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Using PC Ballast to fire T5's

I've got a coralife 250W PC Fixture that I've torn apart and am wanting to use with T5 lamps. There are two ballasts inside and my question is will one of these fire two 54W T5 Bulbs?

Some details that I can see from the ballasts:

Lamp Type: PL65W
Lamp Number: 2
Lamp current: 350mA
They are model SPL-265R-JS
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Old 01/06/2008, 05:54 PM
FranktheTankTx FranktheTankTx is offline
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Oh, they might fire them and it appear they're running. But it won't be the same intensity. You'd be better using PC bulbs in that case.
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Old 01/08/2008, 11:43 PM
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I'm going to do the same mod for my 48" 150watt Aqualight too, but I'll change the ballast. How do you mount the T5 bulbs in to the fixture?
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