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Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:11 pm
by Kev
They do get much hotter than standard 20W! Eliot knows more about this set up but sure it works!
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:27 pm
by Slyspark
No, solved it, lamp I was using was one of those fake Chinese things that says it's 40w but is actually just a 20w tube with 40w printed on it. Thought I'd binned all of those, just chucked it in the lamp bin and stuck a Luxram in it and seems much happier (and a sensible temp).
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:48 pm
by Danny
Have you still got those fake 2ft 40ws? If so I'd be interested in them for future experiments?
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:07 am
by Slyspark
Yea, still got 5 or so I've just discovered
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 10:36 pm
by Slyspark
You ever do anything with those fake 2' 40w T12's Danny?
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:08 pm
by Danny
How strange you should ask that as I'm actually playing with one of them right now on a incandescent ballast
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:17 pm
by Slyspark
Haha, funny how that sometimes happens! Ah well, you're doing more with them than I would have, they almost went off to the lamp bin!
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:24 pm
by Danny
This one seems to run on on this 250v 130w carbon filament lamp. They appear to just be standard 20w tubes but with cathodes for 4' 36/40w tubes.
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:33 pm
by Slyspark
Well, they're clearly not 2' 40w! Speaking of which, wonder when seller is going to send the 49 I won on eBay?
Re: Single 2' 40w Ballasts
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:45 pm
by Danny
Oh shit. Wen did u win them