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12-03-2009, 09:19 PM
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Well i went and looked and they are 4 28w bulbs in it but if it is a work horse ballast you could could rewire and burn 2 54w bulbs and buy 1 more ballast.As far as the fixture goes its aluminum and its fine but i dont know about in your front room but you could make it nice with some paint..IMO
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12-04-2009, 01:01 AM
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Double check the wattage to make sure they are T5HO. A 48" T5HO bulb will be 54w. If it's not HO then good bulbs are difficult to find...well they don't really exist.
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12-04-2009, 03:46 AM
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Well I went and looked at them. Wrong ballast for what I want. I guess if a guy wants to start swapping then the fixture would work.
I got a PM from another reefer saying that a good deal can be had at Eecol electric. Seems they have the same type of fixture at half the price. Might be worth checking that as well. 
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12-04-2009, 12:50 PM
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Recently I priced out putting a T5 light together with all the pieces.. 8 Reflectors, end caps, ballasts, clips, etc.. and it all came out to around $400! That was with a free fixture that someone was going to give me. You can get a whole Tek T5 HO unit (8 bulb) for $439 (or at least I can), from a LFS..
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