Will these ballasts work

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Short answer...they are not design to drive the Iwasaki's properly or a standard MH (M58). They are design to drive a special MH called M138. You can try, maybe you can try an old bulb (Darren ?)

As for the 40W PC flourescent ballast, they are fine. Since it is a refugium, I don't think you need a high kelvin lamp...so you could get a cool white(4000K) 40W PC from albrite for $15. I think they are trying to get some 5000K 40W PCs...don't know what the status of that is. According to the data sheet, the ballast is design to drive the 2G11 kind (that's the name of the socket...4 pins that are in a straight line)...the german kind.

- Victor.

[ 14 December 2001: Message edited by: reefburnaby ]