Update on the 500

[Kyle McClain]

Just thought I would post a couple of shots of the 500

[Kyle McClain]

This shot shows what a bad ballast does. The left side of the tank is a nice crisp blue/white color. The right side is a dingy yellow green color. The PFO ballast running that side was bad out of the box, we are waiting for the replacement.

[Kyle McClain]

good looking sarco..

[Kyle McClain]

one more

[Lilgrasshopper]

Hey Kyle, which ballast is better Blueline or PFO? I'm only concern with the noise factor.

[Kyle McClain]

I do not reccomend the blue line at all, they produce a huge amount of static or noise on the electrical system preventing use of x-10's. Plus we had one short almost catching the tank on fire. The PFO's we are running now are running cool enough to touch.

[Don Davis]

That tank is coming along nicely Kyle!! I need to go see it in person.

Now you got me worried about the PFO ballasts I have sitting in boxes. :( I should probably plug them in to test.

Later,

Don

[Bollox]

Are you talking about the blueline Eballest, i was considering buying them for my big tank when I get it but everywhere is sold out right now.

[Kyle McClain]

We have not been very happy with the blue line's We had two out of four go bad and one almost caused a fire. Champion has exclusive rights to sell the Blueline's ballast.

[Jeff Hood]

I am supprised at your trouble with the bluelines. I have 4 on my 500 and have had no problems with them. They are very cool to the touch.

Where did the fire start? At the connectors or did the ballast have a meltdown?

Let me know. I don't want my house going up in a blaze of glory.

Jeff

[Kyle McClain]

The actual ballast started oozing black goo. Incidently we replaced them with 2 dual pfo's and they run cooler than blue line's did.

[Jeff Hood]

How long did you have them in operation before they started doing this?

Jeff

[Kyle McClain]

4 months or so. only one did it before we yanked them all.