t-5 retro endcaps

an411 · 03/07/2008, 04:21 PM

Can t-5 endcaps run any length bulb? 24 , 26 , or 48

papagimp · 03/07/2008, 04:23 PM

I believe so, never seen them sold as a "54w endcap" or anything, just T5 endcaps.

Only difference I can think of would be length of reflector and the ballast required for whatever wattage bulb you're using.

an411 · 03/07/2008, 04:26 PM

Yeah I wasn't sure I have seen them named VHO and T-8 but I figured that they were for all differnent size bulbs. I just wanted to make sure before I start looking for.

papagimp · 03/07/2008, 04:40 PM

T-size is just diameter of the bulb being used (is it diameter or radius or what? I forget, it's the "measurement") a typical flourescent bulb is T-12 for example, I think VHO's are also T12 too, just a HO version. Like having HO T5's and just N.O. T5's. As long as the endcap fits a T5 sized bulb, should be okay

03/07/2008, 04:21 PM	#1
an411 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Derby CT Posts: 2,861	t-5 retro endcaps Can t-5 endcaps run any length bulb? 24 , 26 , or 48

03/07/2008, 04:23 PM	#2
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	I believe so, never seen them sold as a "54w endcap" or anything, just T5 endcaps. Only difference I can think of would be length of reflector and the ballast required for whatever wattage bulb you're using. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

03/07/2008, 04:40 PM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	T-size is just diameter of the bulb being used (is it diameter or radius or what? I forget, it's the "measurement") a typical flourescent bulb is T-12 for example, I think VHO's are also T12 too, just a HO version. Like having HO T5's and just N.O. T5's. As long as the endcap fits a T5 sized bulb, should be okay __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

03/07/2008, 04:26 PM	#3
an411 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Derby CT Posts: 2,861	Yeah I wasn't sure I have seen them named VHO and T-8 but I figured that they were for all differnent size bulbs. I just wanted to make sure before I start looking for.