coolwaters Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 i saw a thread somewhere before about a bio cube (or aquapod) that had a blown PC ballast. the owner took a normal screw-in PC bulb (the one with the built in ballast) and took it apart. since i cant find the thread again it tried it myself since my 13w mag ballast broke.. i'l have to up load the pics later...but u get the concept right? alright so far i took part a 13 watt bulb for the ballast (please recycle the glass part of the bulb since it has mercury inside it) and it seems that its running only at half of wat i wanted it to. the thing im noticing about the screw-in PC bulbs is that there are 4 output leads but the bulb only has 2... *there should be leads connecting to the bulb and it should say 1, 2, 3, 4 or B1,B2, A1, A2 or something like that. for the 1,2,3,4 1 goes with 3 and 2 goes with 4. i dont want to connect 1 and 2 together along with 3 and 4... light have a negative effect. Link to comment
yankeesrebelson Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I have done this mod with great success with a 4 pin PC lamp. I used a 26 watt screw in ballast for one of my 24 watt lights. It might be worth it to just try different combos and if they fail, buy a equally sized bulb with the 4 straight pin configuration. That's what i would do Link to comment
stoney waters Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Everything you need to know here. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=65684&st=0 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=63992&st=0 Link to comment
coolwaters Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 so if a bulb only has 2 pins i should get a cfl bulb with twice that? (26w) Link to comment
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