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scotchy 03-12-2005 11:19 PM

I should come over and check that out some time. On another note did you still want to borrow my cassete deck?



Scott

Invigor 03-12-2005 11:34 PM

nah, I just bought some megadeth tapes off ebay. feel free to drop by anytime, i'll pm you my addy and stuff.

StirCrazy 03-13-2005 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotchy
So a wh7 will run 2 VHO bulbs then? Up to what wattage? Been thinking about changing over from pc to VHO. Invigor, where in Regina do you find a wh7 anyways?



Scott

up to 220 watts, so two 4 foot VHO's

Steve

sleeman 03-13-2005 05:26 PM

Quote:

up to 220 watts, so two 4 foot VHO's

Steve
Steve,
I am not sure if that is correct. I asked the same question on Reefcentral, and this is what I got. I was asking about thw WH8 as they are not making the WH7 right now. the WH8 is virtually the same ballast, it is just in a bigger case. Here is the link to the question.
If these guys are wrong that would be great as I will only have to buy one ballast vice 2.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ight=workhorse

Cheers,

Al

StirCrazy 03-13-2005 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleeman
Quote:

up to 220 watts, so two 4 foot VHO's

Steve
Steve,
I am not sure if that is correct. I asked the same question on Reefcentral, and this is what I got. I was asking about thw WH8 as they are not making the WH7 right now. the WH8 is virtually the same ballast, it is just in a bigger case. Here is the link to the question.
If these guys are wrong that would be great as I will only have to buy one ballast vice 2.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ight=workhorse

Cheers,

Al

they will run two VHO fine at full VHO power, you just have to hook them in series instead of parallel. If you run them in parallel you only use 2 wires per bulb and you get HO output like a Icecap does. If you run 3 wires and set them up in series they run at full VHO output, and if you use 4 wires you can overdrive your VHO.

Steve

Invigor 03-14-2005 12:04 AM

a wh8 also has 8 lead wires instead of just 4

StirCrazy 03-14-2005 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invigor
a wh8 also has 8 lead wires instead of just 4

what are the wire colors and how many?

Steve

Invigor 03-14-2005 05:09 PM

my mistake, it's only 6 red and 1 yellow, not 8 red.


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