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Old 08-01-2014, 03:29 AM
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Is it possible to use a dual 54w t5ho ballast to power 4x 24"t5ho bulbs?

like... run 2 24" bulbs in a series in place of 1 of the 48" bulbs
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Old 08-01-2014, 03:57 AM
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I'll watch this thread as I'm curious

I'd think if you ran the common/yellow to both bulbs and ran the red/blue wires in series you could pull it off .... but I don't know how it needs to be done properly

Some ballasts are dual wireable so maybe
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Splitting the power may work in this way, but you'd obviously need the 'yellow' wires in your setup, or you're out of luck

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/public.../lighting/6639

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BTW, I think the drawing I posted is incorrect. Go figure from a government site huh ...

It shows 2 yellow wires going to one lamp, with the other lamp having no yellows at all

Is your ballast not labelled ?
If it is it may show you some helpful info
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BTW, I think the drawing I posted is incorrect. Go figure from a government site huh ...

It shows 2 yellow wires going to one lamp, with the other lamp having no yellows at all

Is your ballast not labelled ?
If it is it may show you some helpful info
ballast shows no useful info on the matter
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See if you can pull a combo from here

http://horse.fulham.com/contact-us/wiring-diagrams/
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Great link Brad
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