Question about replacing ballasts

[Kbra]

Ive been running the 14k Hamiltons on magnetic for awhile now and im happy. I also have 2 96watt actinics too tho.

As far as reviews theres 50+ 5 star positive reviews on marine depot with the 2 negatives being cord to short and one guy that had some real issues.
http://www.marinedepot.com/IceCap_E...Ballasts-IceCap-IC3111-FILTACBAMHSWEB-vi.html

The other Lumatek dual ballast has 30+ 5 star reviews as well.
http://www.marinedepot.com/Lumatek_...allasts-Lumatek-LK1119-FILTACBAMHTF-4-vi.html

Id save almost $100 going with the lumatek though... still havent pulled the trigger

 

[KrazyReef]

Shipment arrived today. Everything worked great after the wirings on the Lumatek. I will pick up the Galaxy ballast tomorrow from Rukis' brother. I will let you know how that goes. I will get some pictures comparing the Lumatek and the corallife tomorrow. The Lumatek suppose to drive the Radium bulb better than the Corallife. Anyways, here are some pics:

Lumatek e-ballast 250W with bare wires.


Icecap female quick disconnect assembly


Wirings - Black->Live, Green->ground, White->neutral


Lumatek with female connector, fixture male connector and old coralife ballast


Coralife Elite HQI ballast


Cheers :congrats::congrats::congrats:

 

[Kbra]

Cant wait to see the FTS

 

[coral diver]

AHHHH!!!! Nice to know things went along smoothly, My work here is done congratulation Krazy, and I hope to see Kevin's project in the next couple of days.

 

[Kbra]

might be a few weeks i just bought me an Apex controller

 

[KrazyReef]

It looks light the Lumatek and Coralife are not much different, not to naked eyes. I may need a PAR meter to be able to tell. It seems like the Lumatek produces a little higher output, but may be only 2-3% more. Anyways here are a few tank shots. Let me know if you can tell if the Lumatek is on the right or left of the fixture.

FTS:


Close up:


Cheers
:congrats::congrats::congrats: