Letting the smoke out DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING!

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Sorry to say, GFCI wouldn't have saved it. Maybe, an inline fuse may have saved it...now I think of it...shoot.

Oh well...sorry about giving out the bad advice. I'll give you a couple of my frags for free.

As for this combustable material on a hot ballast statement, I would be more worried about a super hot MH lamp attached to a wooden frame than a warm electronic ballast (40 degrees celcius). I would be slightly more worried if it was a magnetic ballast for VHOs...but not these electronic ones. However, I would mount it away from saltwater (i.e. outside the canopy) because saltwater vapour can corrode the ballast casing.

- Victor.