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03-03-2006, 07:27 PM
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No, its not grounded, and its near 100% waterproof... I have just used electrical tape tightly wrapped
When I get a new canopy made, Im going to shorten the wires, and shrink tube them. Should do the trick to make it sealed. That way the wiring will be permanent as im cutting it to the exact size i need. (my workhorse 5 only has 2 cords, a negative and positive. No way that I know of to ground it.) 
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03-03-2006, 07:31 PM
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Yikes, that is kind of scary for aquarium purposes, but lots of people use the workhorse ballasts I know.
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03-03-2006, 07:43 PM
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I checked on the manufacturers site, www.fulham.com
Looking at a few of their wiring diagrams, they indicate Quote:
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03-03-2006, 07:52 PM
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Yeah, I remember reading that now when I was following the diagram 11...
hmm, perhaps I'll figure out a good way to ground that. For all you electricians out there: If I was to buy a 3 prong plug, 3wire cord (postive, negative, and ground), and attach the ground to the housing of the ballast... would that actually correctly ground the ballast?
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03-04-2006, 12:20 AM
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 but to answer your question if you are putting it in to a plastic housing yes that will ground the ballast properly. thats what the bolt in one of the hols on the ballast is for actualy. anyways, I would go with the PC's or VHO. I was looking at a T5 set up with two bulbs and was not impressed in the least. only about 1/2 the visual bright ness of a PC/VHO set up of the same size. from what I have seen for T5's so far they would make great suplmental lighting but I don't see how you could actualy get good results on SPS from them. Steve
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03-04-2006, 05:32 AM
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Steve, the T5s you saw, did they have individual parabolic reflectors? I have not seen T5 lighting in person yet. But apparantly they are all about the reflector, because of their small size they are unique, a parabolic reflector is supposed to make them kick butt.
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03-04-2006, 04:59 PM
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T5, actually have nothing to do with the reflector (all florescent tubes will have the same types of performance gains in similar reflectors) but rather with how many bulbs you can fit over a tank. this will give the illusion of the tank getting brighter with more bulbs but really the intensity is the same, just more even. Steve
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