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    Posted: December 23 2014 at 7:46am
well last night after my halides turned off we had this wierd smell in the house. after looking all around i made it my ballast and that was it. it was super hot to the touch and smoking a little.. pretty sure its gone.. so anyone on here know where to find a new one or have a great deal, seeing how its the holiday and am very broke, on a 4 bulb t5 fixture?? i have one set of t5 in my canopy now to get by but i am afraid that wont be enough to keep my corals alive for to long..
 
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getting fishy??
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what wattage of bulbs?
How many bulbs running on one ballast? 

There are numerous options, what brand do you have now?  Does it use a proprietary connector, or simply connected in to the fixture? 

And if you are running MH with T5 I would imagine the lack of the T5 for a few days will not affect the corals much.
Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?

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They 175w mogul halides..
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So your MH ballast went out?

Still many options, magnetic ballast can be relatively cheap (<$50 ea), and if you look around on ebay, and the for sale here you can probably get one relatively inexpensively and quickly.

Electronic ballast are a little more $$, as are name brand ballast.
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cool.. thanks. i will start looking.. i figure i have a little while before the corals are really upset.. i still have the two t5s running..
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