Bulbs on fire

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Doug Lowey

Does not an Icecap ballast underdrive the bulbs? Good post from AP. I was reading it there also on the ballast Brad is using and was going to point him there also.

I dont see old bulbs being the problem. Some have run them for years.

a icecap runs the bulbs at 66% of the rated power.

you have to remember that the post on AP is from a manufacturer that wants to sell ballasts. so they are going to say that you need more than one ballast to run two tubes. makes ecanomical sence. but you have companies that have been running two tubes off there ballasts for years, they are just reproducing a icecap set up. also if you read and you hook up the tubes in series using only 3 red wires the only effect they mention is that you will reduce the amount of start cycles for your tubes. (I have been doing this for almost 2 years and they are still lighting fine.) if you use 4 wires you can overdrive up to 20% but mine tested out at 8%

so running in series using 3 wires is fine by them aside for start cycles.

Steve