Upgrading PC's to T5's?

[serisash]

I' have a 5' Custom Sea Life hood with 4 power compacts in it. I believe they're 96 watt bulbs.

Is it possible to convert this setup to use T5's? If so, what would I need to do?

Thanks

[moonpod]

probably. It's most likely a WH ballast, relabelled inside the hood. You'd need to figure out which model ballast and the wiring schemes are on fulham's site. Then you need endcaps, bulbs and reflectors.

[serisash]

The hood already has a polished aluminum reflector in it.

The ballasts are external. They are in long black enclosures and only have a Custom Sea Life label on them. They say it's rated for 174 watts (2 96 watt lamps).

Thanks

[moonpod]

There's no point switching to T5s if you aren't gonna sport for the individual reflectors--that's where the "advantage" lays. If you don't want to sport for the individual reflectors leave your setup alone. the black enclosure, if you open it, will be either a single workhorse 7 or two workhorse 5s. If you have 2 switches it's two 5s, if you have 1 switch it's the 7.