sambo123 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Do you need a case for the ballast, or can it just be placed on the ground, ect? How do you hang the light? Is it easy to wire the ballast to the light? Does anyone have a link to a nice 500 watt floodlight for this, my Lowe's doesnt have one that looks right. thanks Link to comment
Mini-Reef Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 how many gallons and watts is this set-up?? 10 gallon 70 watt Do you need a case for the ballast, or can it just be placed on the ground, ect? How do you hang the light? Is it easy to wire the ballast to the light? Does anyone have a link to a nice 500 watt floodlight for this, my Lowe's doesnt have one that looks right. No you don't need a case. The way I hung my light was cut the mount plate in half. So it sits flush with the top of my hood. Yes it is easy to wire. Go to walmart and get a brinks flood the are small look decent and have a good reflector. thanks Link to comment
Uploadead Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 what anemone do you have in there? Link to comment
sambo123 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 thanks, would this one work, okay? http://www.hechinger.com/web/catalog/produ....aspx?pid=83686 also, what is the size of the brinks? Link to comment
Mini-Reef Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 what anemone do you have in there? It is a rescued condy. It is its temporary home. thanks, would this one work, okay? http://www.hechinger.com/web/catalog/produ....aspx?pid=83686 also, what is the size of the brinks? Yeah that light would work. I personally would go with something that looks a little better and is smaller. The brinks light is pretty small compared to the shop style lights. It is a 300w. Link to comment
sambo123 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 well, Im just using it for a prop tank, so I dont care to much about how it looks, I also thought you would want it bigger, so it could reflect more light? Does it matter if that one is a 500w? Does anyone have a pic of how to hang the light, cant figure out how to do it. thanks Link to comment
musicawal Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 So is the Brinks fixture smaller than the Regent fixture? Link to comment
sambo123 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Im not really sure, about which one is bigger, I think the regent is heavier and less attractive than the Brinks. Link to comment
Mini-Reef Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Well here it is. My Halide is working great . Got my new powerheads and skimmer. I know it is not a good skimmer I found that out after I bought it. DAMN I HATE THAT. My CPR HOB Fuge should be here soon along with my ato floatswitch and 36w pc light for fuge. Man I love getting stuff in the mail. Yes I know I need to paint the back of my tank. It is all in the works. It is a work in progress. Expensive and I still don't have very much coral yet. Man I love this hobby. Thanks for the idea. Link to comment
mrdhong Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Is the bulb supposed to flicker in the beginning. I attached all the wires and the bulb just flickers so i turned it off. Not sure whether to let it flicker until it gets broken in, or if the flikering is bad. Link to comment
Mini-Reef Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Yeah it will flicker and buzz. Then it will start to heat up. Perfectly normal. But just in case double check your wiring. Link to comment
yardboy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 And the connection of the bulb in the sockets. Link to comment
sambo123 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 just ordered a light and ballast from illumning.com, will definantly need help wiring, went with a ushio 20K Link to comment
kronk Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 WOW this topic is HUGE and interesting just wondering if anyone has ordered from www.vic lite.com and how long shipping took customer service and all that... they are the only people i can find that carry 150W HQI astralux bulbs. Does anyone knows who sells them in north america ? Cheers, Ken Link to comment
ToeJam Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 My nais ballast has 2 blue wires coming out to hook to the pendant. I take it it does not matter which goes to the white and the black wires on the pendant? My bulb will not fire, but I am getting voltage to the socket. I just got a new bulb today and nothing. Link to comment
Mini-Reef Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Well I have the same Nais ballast as you. Just look at the original pictures in the beginning of this topic. Lay everything down the same direction and hook it up using the same sides as the post with the colored wires. That is what I did and I had no problems. I don't know much about MH ballasts and I had no problems. Link to comment
TerReefic Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 If anyones looking for a good bulb for this project I have 70W Astralux 14k bulbs for sale. They are awesome! Check classifieds section. Link to comment
MDeth Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 is it just my computer...or are the pics gone :'( Link to comment
sambo123 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 ok, I got my ballast and the fixture, The fixture has the black and white cords that connect to the red and blue cords. But then there is a green cord, I bought the ballast at illumning with the juction box and power cords, so the green cord is already grounded on it. Were does the green cord go on the fixture? And since I got a power cord with my ballast, I dont need to use the one with the fixture, right? Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Not sure if this comes up in here, don't have the patience to go through 13 pages. I heard that you should use a UV shield with MH lights. Does the glass on the Brinks light filter UV? Sorry for the dumb question. Link to comment
sambo123 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 yes, I think all halogen lamps have uv filted glass because they emit uv rays like de metal halides do. Just finished mine, used the regent, and spraypainted it black, it works great Link to comment
nanoty Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 That's cool, I would like to see some pics. I have the Brinks light but need a ballast and bulb. There is a guy in the classifieds selling the AstraLux bulbs for $50 shipped but he won't answer my PM's. Link to comment
sambo123 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Ok heres mine: Here's the Regent Fixture, I sprat painted black and the preassembled Nais ballast from illumning, it was incredibly easy to hook up, took around 2 minutes!!! Here are some other angles: The ballast w/ the junction box of connection( its really small, fits in your hand): The reflector with 20K ushio ( couldnt find an Australux, but this will work ok): Here's the light on, had to be toned down its so bright!: Heres it on one of my tanks, the corals are mostly closed b/c the lights were off, but its a nice blue color and looks pretty good, should work great on my 10g prop: And here it is resting on some eggcrate, but Im planning on hanging it 10'' above a 10g AGA( sorry for the bad pic): This was def. the easiest DIY ever! Link to comment
Uhuru Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 sweet. I just ordered the same ballast setup from illuming. Even though it adds significant cost it looks clean and reliable. Compared to the $240 oceanlight pendant I was about to buy this is a steal. one question though - is that steel cable for hanging that you have looped around the pendant? how secure is that since there are no attachment hooks on the fixture? Link to comment
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