Light Advice

[monkeyreef]

Hi guys,

I recently purchased a 36" Metal Halide Odyssea light fixture, which seem to work just fine until recently! After about 1 week of use the ballast gave out! I did some research about this particular problem and it turns out that its a common problem...the sad thing is i should of did this research before i even made the purchase in the first place. ( lesson learned )

Now that Im stuck with the fixture i thought i purchase a new ballast and put the fixture itself to use...since its a fairly decent looking fixture. The problem i have is that I dont know what to expect when it comes to replacing the ballast.

The plan is to purchase the Icecap 250Watt ballast; the fixture metal halide is prewire to a male cord. Does the icecap ballast have a female input for me to plug and play? ( this description sounds so inappropriate :hmmmm: )

or

will i have to Rewire the fixture metal halide to the icecap ballast?

Please guys!!! Help me out here! My corals are in dire need of light! :bawling:

oh yeah, should i go with icecap ballast? or Hamilton ballast?

 

[kingrb]

A little reading material for you.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/sbj4/aquarium/mh/mhlighting.html

http://www.murraylighting.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=56

 

[socaltropicalfish]

is the ballast external or internal ? if the ballast is external you can wire it into any ballast. Internal make it a little harder.

If it's external and you want to purchase icecap ballast, call us and bring that hood to us and we will help you wire into the ballast.

 

[kajung2k]

monkeyreef -- sorry to read about your loss. Perhaps you can go back to the mfg? or whomever you purchased it from?

 

[monkeyreef]

monkeyreef -- sorry to read about your loss. Perhaps you can go back to the mfg? or whomever you purchased it from?

thanks kajung2k, i should of purchase the 36" metal halide you were selling LOL.

i decided to go with the Lumatek 250W http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem.aspx?idProduct=LK1115. The Lumatek ballasts come wired with a standard female lamp cord receptacle. So I can just plug in my metal halide fixture directly into the ballast without wiring.

 

[monkeyreef]

is the ballast external or internal ? if the ballast is external you can wire it into any ballast. Internal make it a little harder.

If it's external and you want to purchase icecap ballast, call us and bring that hood to us and we will help you wire into the ballast.

The ballast is external, so it should be pretty easy. If i change my mind with icecap ill keep you in mind :top:

 

[monkeyreef]

A little reading material for you.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/sbj4/aquarium/mh/mhlighting.html

http://www.murraylighting.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=56

thanks for the info king!