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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat
Yes, it's been stated that they don't take power form the T5 ballast. What I am concerned with is the ballast not having 2 bulbs on it. Most ballast's need both bulbs to work properly. Take one away and the ballast doesn't light the other properly and is hard on them. Would just hate to see people put 1 of these in, and ruin an otherwise good ballast trying to drive the other T5
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I don't think these guys are supposed to be mounted into a "hot" T5 outlet in a canopy. from what I understand they just used T5 end caps for ease of mounting and also to look more uniform since the tube is the same size as a T5 bulb.
I would not suggest mounting these in place of a standard T5.