Lighting / Ballasts???

tang_man_montreal

tang_man_montreal

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My ballasts are playing games with me.. I currently have "Star" ballasts.
I'm looking at the Icecap ballasts:
I'm trying to understand the concept of fluorescents vs. ballasts.
How many fluorescents can I run off a single Icecap 660? Or even a 430?
I know the 660 is capable of 440W and the 430 is capable of 320W. Does that mean that I could run all of my six 40W fluorescents off just ONE Icecap ballast? My six 40W lights would come out to 240W total...
I guess the only use of having separate ballasts would be to have them on separate timers, right? That way you could have morning/dusk photo periods.... correct?
 
nm reef

nm reef

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It is my understanding that even though you can run standard flouresent bulbs on your Icecap...the life of the bulbs will be greatly reduced. Myself ... if I was going to use the 660 I'd just go with a couple of VHO's(2x110 watts of URI super actinics & 2x110 watts of URI aquasuns).
Myself I use the LN electronics VHO ballast and run 2x110 URI super actinics...if the VHO is available I'd much rather have them than standard bulbs any day...
 
reeflooker

reeflooker

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I have a 90g and I'm using an Icecap 660 with (2) aquasuns, (1) 50/50 and (1) actinic. I also added a second NO ballist from Home Depot. I use an actinic from the NO for sun/up sun/down. I am very pleased with the Icecap ballist. It runs cool and is very reliable.
Go for it.
 
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