Polish Philips 80w T5 HF ballast (for 8ft 85w)

Got six of these from eBay, eventually, after the seller got back from their Christmas holidays ...on the 16th of January! I bought them in December, the seller hadn't marked themselves as being away and didn't answer repeated messages. Also, these were advertised as switch-dim and they're actually 1-10v dimming, which is much less useful. Finally, whilst I purchased six, one was dead on arrival, not a good start!

Anyway here they are (well, one of them), I bought them to run my 8ft 85w tubes which apparently these 80w T5 ballasts do well.

It's anyone's guess how long these will last...

Polish Philips 80w T5 HF ballast (for 8ft 85w)


Got six of these from eBay, eventually, after the seller got back from their Christmas holidays ...on the 16th of January! I bought them in December, the seller hadn't marked themselves as being away and didn't answer repeated messages. Also, these were advertised as switch-dim and they're actually 1-10v dimming, which is much less useful. Finally, whilst I purchased six, one was dead on arrival, not a good start!

Anyway here they are (well, one of them), I bought them to run my 8ft 85w tubes which apparently these 80w T5 ballasts do well.

It's anyone's guess how long these will last...

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Andy   [13 Mar, 2018 at 12:16 PM]
So far these seem good. I've been using 4 of them most days in the Crompton Star and they work nicely. Might get a couple of spares to keep on standby as the LED plague will eventually wipe these out.

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