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10/13/2011, 03:07 PM
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Ballast for a small T5 DIY retro
I am trying to mount a pair of small 9 watt T5 tubes in a retro canopy. They came from Coralife mini aqualight. The original ballast is bad and I am trying to figure out how to know if another ballast would work? Google has been little help (that or my search skills are showing). Any advice? The original is the top one. Here are my choices:
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10/13/2011, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Sacramento CA
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If your handy with electronics you can use a work horse ballast. They have diagrams to help out.
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