F32T8 to drive 1 VHO?

[StirCrazy]

Originally posted by Canadian Man:
Be aware though that your bulb life will be shortened quite a bit but for the price diffrence between the two ballst's it probably is worth it for ya.
I got 7 od 4x bulbs, by the ballast you mention on my tank and the daylight last I would say 6 months or so then they start to get real black ends.
I may be just repeating stuff you know so i will stop rambling.
cheers [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">um.. he isn't talking about overdriving a NO bulb anymore though.. he is talking about trying to get the proper amount of curent our of a T8 ballast to drive a VHO bulb.. I don't know if even with all 4 wires if you will be able to get the proper amount of curent to run at true VHO levels but you will certianly get as much power as a Icecap puts out.. when i did my tests 4 sets of leads only did slightly better than double the current, so still under 1 amp or up to a amp.. whare a proper VHO is 1.2 amps.. so inface the VHO will last longer than if ti was on a tar VHO ballast.

Steve