Workhorse 7 ballast for VHO.

[dattack]

Hi guys new to this site and due to the push by guys like Stircrazy and Reefburnbaby? for alternatives to the Icecap, I finally went go my hands on a workhorse 7 ballast. He states that it should be able to run 2 x36" VHO in series also or 2x96 PC.
Fulham is 25 minutes from where I live and I talked to one of the engineers there concerning the ballast. He said the ballast should light pretty much everything if kept under 220 W. This is of course half of an icecap 660.
I ran a 72" VHO URI on my 6 ft tank which comprises 2x250 W Iwasakis. As you know the Iwasakis can be a little bit yellow but with just one VHO running with one workhorse 7, the tank looks a lot white and brighter.
The ballast does run a little hot, but I can place my hands on it without any problems. The URI VHO runs slightly hot but not too unmanageable.
I had it running alone in my garage and my eyes were blurry. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
So this setup has been running for at least one week already and I planned to get another ballast for one more VHO.
I will take pics after this setup is done.
No more extravagant prices for ICECAP. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Oh yeah, the ballast cost me $33 here. Not sure how much in Canada though.

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