WTB: 250w electronic ballasts

[Myka]

Looking for two used 250w electronic halide ballasts. Reasonably priced. Will pay shipping. No eBay or no name brands please.

[BlueTang<3]

Mindy i dont know if you seen this ad or if they would sill be up for grabs but http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68124

[Myka]

Thank you! I missed that thread, I sent Ian a PM.

[gobytron]

I don't know if they still have them, but when I was in JL a couple of weeks ago they had a few PFO electornic ballasts...some 175 and some 250 in the clearance section.

[RuGlu6]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...threadid=68278

[Myka]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I don't know if they still have them, but when I was in JL a couple of weeks ago they had a few PFO electornic ballasts...some 175 and some 250 in the clearance section.

Thanks! I looked on their website, and they only have 175w listed, so I sent them an email.

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...threadid=68278

Thanks, but he says no shipping.

[ottoman]

Hi everyone, this may be a stupid question, can I replace my 150W ballast with 250W ballast to run 250W bulbs? do I need to change the sockets? It is in a Coralife fixture though. Thanks.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by ottoman

Hi everyone, this may be a stupid question, can I replace my 150W ballast with 250W ballast to run 250W bulbs? do I need to change the sockets? It is in a Coralife fixture though. Thanks.

If SE, then changing ballasts is all you need to do.

If DE, the 260w bulb & socket much larger than the 150w bulb/socket so you'll have to change out the socket & rewire. May also need a bigger fan.

[ottoman]

Great. Thank you very much for your information. Cheers.

[Myka]

Well, I found some Ice Caps, but it doesn't look like the seller is too motivated (annoying), so I'm looking again!