Ballast Question

whiteshark · 01/04/2015, 12:04 PM

Quick question for you guys: besides the workhorse ballasts, what other ballasts can drive t5ho bulbs? I'm looking to power two 24W t5ho bulbs but the workhorse ballast isn't available anywhere around here.

whiteshark · 01/04/2015, 05:39 PM

Wow to the second page already. You guys are posting like crazy.

jonwright · 01/04/2015, 07:11 PM

Coralvue 660 will power about any common fluorescent bulbs. Expensive yeah. But it'll be good if you ever upgrade. Then some.

whiteshark · 01/04/2015, 07:39 PM

Wow yeah looks like that will run about anything. But that's not available around here either. The goal was to avoid having to have something shipped. All I can find around here is an Osram 2 x 28W t5 ballast. It doesn't say it's an ho ballast. I can also find a 2x54W t5ho ballast. Here are links to them:

http://www.menards.com/main/mobile/p-2356650-c-7517.htm

http://www.menards.com/main/mobile/p-2356648-c-7517.htm

I'm gonna assume neither of these will work?

alton · 01/05/2015, 06:39 AM

Go to your local electrical supply house and ask for a Programmed Rapid Start ballast for 2-54w T5HO Lamps. Power factor of 1.0

whiteshark · 01/05/2015, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alton

Go to your local electrical supply house and ask for a Programmed Rapid Start ballast for 2-54w T5HO Lamps. Power factor of 1.0

That's exactly what the ballast in the second link is. Would that not really overdrive two 24W bulbs?

whiteshark · 01/05/2015, 12:44 PM

Any other opinion on the 2x54W ballast? Will that be OK for 2 24W t5ho?

01/04/2015, 12:04 PM	#1
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Ballast Question Quick question for you guys: besides the workhorse ballasts, what other ballasts can drive t5ho bulbs? I'm looking to power two 24W t5ho bulbs but the workhorse ballast isn't available anywhere around here. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

01/04/2015, 05:39 PM	#2
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Wow to the second page already. You guys are posting like crazy. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

01/04/2015, 07:39 PM	#4
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Wow yeah looks like that will run about anything. But that's not available around here either. The goal was to avoid having to have something shipped. All I can find around here is an Osram 2 x 28W t5 ballast. It doesn't say it's an ho ballast. I can also find a 2x54W t5ho ballast. Here are links to them: http://www.menards.com/main/mobile/p-2356650-c-7517.htm http://www.menards.com/main/mobile/p-2356648-c-7517.htm I'm gonna assume neither of these will work? __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

01/05/2015, 12:44 PM	#7
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Any other opinion on the 2x54W ballast? Will that be OK for 2 24W t5ho? __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

01/04/2015, 07:11 PM	#3
jonwright Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 658	Coralvue 660 will power about any common fluorescent bulbs. Expensive yeah. But it'll be good if you ever upgrade. Then some.

01/05/2015, 06:39 AM	#5
alton Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zuehl, Texas Posts: 4,460	Go to your local electrical supply house and ask for a Programmed Rapid Start ballast for 2-54w T5HO Lamps. Power factor of 1.0