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All: *Sunlight Supply 250W RO3 Pendants/Blue Wave IV Electronic ballasts- 2 sets left

All Sold pending funds- 2 Sunlight Supply Reef Optix 3 250W DE Pendant and 2 Sunlight Supply Blue Wave IV Electronic 250W Ballast. All in very good-plus condition.

2 Sets left- $100 per ballast/pendant set.

Prefer local pickup in Airdrie, Alberta, but can ship at your expense. (Prices above don't include shipping)

Please PM. EMT or cash preferred.

Thanks,

I think the Blue Wave HQI ballast is Magnetic not Electronic. Thats what I have and it draws around 3.3 amps so its important to make the distinction.

So what is the difference between magnetic and electronic and current draw?

An electronic ballast should draw pretty close to its advertised amount 250W.

Magnetic on the other hand:

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy (Post 614872)

a M80 ballast (true magnetic M80) which is only made by Advance transformers (north american company) should be pulling around 400 watts with a 250 watt SE bulb a little less with a DE bulb, at 310 watts I would say they put a M80 starter and capacitor on a pulse start ballast and used that. will be a little lower output this way (well a fair bit actualy) I am not saying thats what they did but I have seen that done. the other thing I saw once was a european ballast converted to NA voltage (easy to do) this gives different out put as they are not a HQI ballast but are simular.

Steve

The full discussion is here: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...ht=hqi+ballast

I'm not trying to sound like a jerk or anything. I just wanted to point it out because some people really go out of their way to try and find these ballasts which are no longer produced.

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 669217)

I think the Blue Wave HQI ballast is Magnetic not Electronic. Thats what I have and it draws around 3.3 amps so its important to make the distinction.

The Blue Wave IV is an electronic ballast. It is no longer in production like the other Blue Wave series. It uses the Icecap 250w ballast internals. Google is your friend if you want to check for yourself

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=798590

Hope this clears up the confusion.

Jason