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03/25/2010, 08:32 AM
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Rat Bastard!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sammamish, WA
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So I can't get PFO ballasts...what to fire Radiums???
So, I posted a thread asking if anyone knew of any PFO ballasts for sale anywhere and it appears I'm out of luck. I'm going to keep checking EBay, Craigslist, and forum classifieds but failing that what is the preferred ballast for firing 250W Radium 20K SE bulbs. I checked out Sanjay's lighting database and the only choice beside PFO is the Ice Cap ballast. Is that all there is?
Thanks, Mike
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Spending exorbitant amounts of money on this hobby since 1998! My wife thought the tank would be cheaper and easier to keep than a dog...no seriously! Current Tank Info: 180 gallon mixed reef; Reeflo Barracuda, Tunze 6105 (X3), 250W Radiums with dual HQI Blue Wave 7, Reefkeeper Elite controller, custom sump with ASM G4, carbon and GFO reactors |
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03/25/2010, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Olympia. WA.
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I used a ARO electronic ballast, model LN-250-02.
Worked great.
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03/25/2010, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Indiana
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I used a Sunlight Supply Blue Wave 250 watt hqi ballast with my Radium.
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03/25/2010, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lehigh Acres
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Any Pulse Start 250 watt MH Ballast.
Pulse start, HQI, or electronic will do. They require a high burst to start, then run at a lower voltage. |
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03/25/2010, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Rhode Island
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Preferred ballast are M80 ballasts. Sunlight Supply Blue Wave 3 or 7, Aquamedic also makes them.
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Jim Current Tank Info: 120g Mixed Reef and 75g Freshwater |
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03/25/2010, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Maryland
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From what I gather they run well on the dimmable lumateks. It has an hqi setting.
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03/25/2010, 04:06 PM
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saiperchémibatteilcorazon
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Clearwater, FL
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The ballasts that will match that bulb on paper is a M80 ballast, but people run that bulb on different electronic ballasts with great success. I recently visited a fellow reefer who has an amazing tank and he runs his radiums on ARO ballasts. He changes bulbs around 1 to 1.5 yrs. He uses a PAR meter to make sure when to change bulbs. You can see his tank an corals here http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1457892 |
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03/28/2010, 11:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Grapevine, Texas
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