T5 actinic retrofit problems

cgarr017 · 03/13/2009, 05:54 PM

i recently did away with my compact flourescent actinics and installed T5 actinics with a retrofit identical to the setup shown here. http://www.reefgeek.com/reefgeek/725...etrofit_ho.jpg Pretty easy setup as you can see and hard to go wrong if you just match the colors up. After a week of use, both the bulbs don't come on one day and i have no idea why. no buzzing from the ballast like my halide ballast sometimes does where you just have to mess with it and itll come back on. nothing at all, seems as if the ballast just died. anybody heard of anything like this? any ideas or things to double check?

ReefingMadness · 03/13/2009, 05:59 PM

Have you checked the position of the bulb end in the socket ? If you didn't have them twisted correctly they may have come loose. I have the same setup and it was difficult to get them right.

INSPECTOR · 03/14/2009, 10:02 AM

I'm with ReefingMadness, check the bulbs. Also check the wires going to your end caps. If it is the ballast. Go get yourself a Icecap

INSPECTOR · 03/14/2009, 10:03 AM

I'm with ReefingMadness, check the bulbs. Also check the wires going to your end caps. If it is the ballast. Go get yourself an Icecap. You wont regret it.

03/13/2009, 05:54 PM	#1
cgarr017 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: virginia beach Posts: 230	T5 actinic retrofit problems i recently did away with my compact flourescent actinics and installed T5 actinics with a retrofit identical to the setup shown here. http://www.reefgeek.com/reefgeek/725...etrofit_ho.jpg Pretty easy setup as you can see and hard to go wrong if you just match the colors up. After a week of use, both the bulbs don't come on one day and i have no idea why. no buzzing from the ballast like my halide ballast sometimes does where you just have to mess with it and itll come back on. nothing at all, seems as if the ballast just died. anybody heard of anything like this? any ideas or things to double check? __________________ Old Dominion Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef

03/13/2009, 05:59 PM	#2
ReefingMadness Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Benton, MO Posts: 413	Have you checked the position of the bulb end in the socket ? If you didn't have them twisted correctly they may have come loose. I have the same setup and it was difficult to get them right. __________________ Ain't no fun when the rabbit has the gun. Current Tank Info: Oceanic BioCube 29, 40 lbs. LR, 20 lbs. LS, Maxi-Jet 1200 return pump, Radion xR30w Gen. 3, MP10, and ReefLink

03/14/2009, 10:02 AM	#3
INSPECTOR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gainesville, Virginia Posts: 62	I'm with ReefingMadness, check the bulbs. Also check the wires going to your end caps. If it is the ballast. Go get yourself a Icecap

03/14/2009, 10:03 AM	#4
INSPECTOR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gainesville, Virginia Posts: 62	I'm with ReefingMadness, check the bulbs. Also check the wires going to your end caps. If it is the ballast. Go get yourself an Icecap. You wont regret it.