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Originally Posted by acrylic51 I prefer and don't/won't use anything other than UV Lighting Company T-12 lamps.....you'll find them listed as UV. I love their actinics (03). I use their bulbs with the internal reflectors. I found the actinics(03) but what about the 10,000K version? Are the...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Yes I understand fully what your saying, and NO it doesn't matter which side of the endcap it goes too.....As long as they are connected completing the circuit..... I really appreciate your help. I just took all the old wiring off the connectors. Now, I just...

okay here is a better picture of the ballast : Wiring diagram( right side of ballast) Left side of ballast Okay now on the diagram, it tells me that where the color wires go to the connectors (blue and blue go to left side of 1st connector). My question is how do I know which connector wire...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Yes the pics you posted are the 3pc endcaps, which are designed for our application.....And yes they are T-12's The ballast will/are super easy to wire into the endcaps......You can use regular light cord wire to wire from the ballast to the end caps. What I...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Internal reflectors are reflectors built inside the bulbs....not all bulbs have them.....I have never used T-8 connectors myself, but I would almost assume they are different due to pin size of the bulbs.....Personally I would never use those endcaps/connectors...

Originally Posted by reefraff How does it help the cat to put the kid in criminal school aka jail? Like I say in all these cases let the little creep spend his weekends cleaning up the litter boxes at the pound for the next year or two. Kid doesn't need jail, he needs his butt kicked. That's a...

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Originally Posted by acrylic51 Honestly If I had everything I needed to run the T-12's I would swap them out.....IMHO in the flourescent market I still haven't seen a better looking bulb than UV Lightings bulbs with the internal reflectors....JMO. I don't mean to ask stupid questions but what...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Honestly sounds like a bad connection in the endcap. What do the ends of the bulbs look like? Any discoloration? Corrosion? White crusty buildup? No the endcaps look great. No corrosion on hte connectors either

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Sorry....03's (actinic blue) and MH (Metal Halide). It's possible you have a bad connection as far as the wiring in the light socket itself, but it could be inside the socket itself. I would definitely get rid of the current endcaps your using. Even with good...

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Originally Posted by acrylic51 What other type of lighting do you have? You could use the VHO's and run 03's for your blues if you have MH's. What do you mean run 03's and what is MH's?

Originally Posted by acrylic51 Sounds like there might be an issue with the endcaps or possibly the bulbs....How old are the bulbs? What type of endcaps, wiring are you currently using? Here is the connector I am using now: Here is the ballast I am using right now : This set-up is what I...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 What other type of lighting do you have? You could use the VHO's and run 03's for your blues if you have MH's. Right now I am running 4 36" T-8's. 2 lights are actinics and 2 are 10,000K. The problem I am having is that my lights don't come on in the morning...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 That's a flourescent VHO ballast T12 bulbs.......looks like German 3pc endcaps.....they should come apart with the smaller white ring, and then the back part should separate from the rest of the endcap......I will only use 3pc endcaps when using VHO's. Aro ballast...

When I bought my tank, the guy gave me a bucket full of connectors and 3 of these ballasts. I think they are T-8 connectors that are splash proof but not sure about the ballasts. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Bang Guy It's a common occurance for an LFS to just dump an entire shipment of snails into a tank. This has the potential to inflict a fatal dose of osmotic shock to the snails. Since it could take 2 or 3 weeks for the snails to actually die most of the snails are going...

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Originally Posted by bionicarm I would say yes. The drugs were in the possession of the baby, not the mother. The mother would be an accessory to the crime. You can't consider the baby 'luggage', just because the drugs were hidden in the baby's 'clothing'. Don't think you can compare this...

Just heard this on CNN. OMG what a joke. There is no doctor in the world that would want to see her [hr] no matter how much money. She definetly needs face work though. Some speech classes wouldn't help either.