Ballast
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Topic: Ballast
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Subject: Ballast
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 4:31pm
So i did a move on saturday and I got some sweet bonuses for helping. One of the many things I got is a ballast with the lights. The only thing is, it is designed to be hung on a low ceiling so I don't have anything to attach it to to hold it over the tank I have. It has 2 t12s and a metal halide. The t12s are 36", and the Halide is 175w-10,000k. It just needs a bit of cleaning but how to I get it to hang on top of my tank? Another concern is the big box that I'm supposed to plug in the chords to practically burned a hole in the floor of the house I got it from. How do I make sure it stays cool enough not to set my place on fire? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
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Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 9:07pm
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Anybody? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 10:06pm
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As of hanging you could either get more cable so it can reach your ceiling or make a make shift wood canopy. Over at live rock n reef he used a wall shelf to hang LEDs over the frag system. The cleanest look I think would be to get more cable to hang it all the way, but with the shelf idea you would have more storage lol As for the ballast over heating I am not to sure. Maybe look into replacing it with one that doesnt over heat that bad. I have never had a ballast that gets that hot so I dont know what to do about it sorry. ------------- 75gal sps dominated reef. Bigger and better coming soon |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 9:14am
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It's not the ballast that over heats, it's the box that the chords from the lights that it plugs into before being pugged into the wall that gets hot. ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 10:19am
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From the description that box sounds like its the metal halides ballast. They are usually in a separate box like that. If its not then I have no idea what Im saying.
------------- 75gal sps dominated reef. Bigger and better coming soon |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:35am
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that must be it then. Do I hang it somewhere or get like a metal shelf to put it on so it doesn't get hot? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:42am
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I mostly see them on a wooden board but if you were worried about it starting a fire like that you could hang it or get some metal grate shelf to put it on. They shouldnt be so hot that they can start fires though ------------- 75gal sps dominated reef. Bigger and better coming soon |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 3:46pm
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I think it's b/c the lady that has it also had stuff on top of it. ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |