Lights and Hood

Just2Bad · #1 09-18-2002, 02:06 PM

Hi, I'm about to start building my lighting system and my hood. My question is can 4 vho and 2 hallide fit in a 48"x18" hood ???

Cause I'm planning this :

2 vho actinic 12h/day
2 actinic whites 10h/day
2 hallide 5-6h/day

PS. Can a wh7 drive 2vhos cause I was planning using 2 wh7 or 2 hellolights ballast for my vhos.

thanks..

Aquattro · #2 09-18-2002, 02:38 PM

Not sure if you'll fit all that in, but yes, a workhorse 7 will run 2 48" VHO tubes.
Whether everything will fit or not depends on what type of reflectors you use.

One_Divided · #3 09-18-2002, 02:44 PM

Yes, if you mount the halides perallel to the length of the tank (though you won't get as good of a spread as mountingperpendicular) it can be done.

Just2Bad · #4 09-18-2002, 05:46 PM

If I light 2 vhos with 1 wh7, will they be bright as if they were on an icecap or an hellolights ballast ???

PS. If I decide to go with the wh7, can some1 buy it and ship it to me cause here in montreal they doesn't seems to be available...

Aquattro · #5 09-18-2002, 06:02 PM

Although I haven't used those other ballasts, Stircrazy, who knows all about lighting, says they are the same. I use the WH7 with 2 48" tubes and am very happy with it. Check www.fulham.com for a distributor near you.

Just2Bad · #6 09-18-2002, 06:06 PM

Thanks for the infos... I already have looked at fulham website but there's only 3 distributors listed for canada, 2 in BC and 1 in ON... Nothing for QC :mad: :mad: :mad:

[ 18 September 2002, 14:19: Message edited by: Just2Bad ]

Aquattro · #7 09-18-2002, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Just2Bad:
Thanks for the infos... I already have looked at fulham website but there's only 3 distributors listed for canada, 2 in BC and 1 in ON... Nothing for QC :mad: :mad: :mad:

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Maybe call Andrew at aquariumpros.ca and see if he can arrange something for you. Shipping from Ontario will be less than BC.

StirCrazy · #8 09-18-2002, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reef_Raf:
I use the WH7 with 2 48" tubes and am very happy with it.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Speaking of which when are we going to try them in series? I want to see if it will light 8 feet of VHO :D

Steve

Aquattro · #9 09-18-2002, 08:49 PM

When you pay my insurance premium!!