Overdriving NO tubes

"Jim Seidman" wrote in message
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"Mort" wrote in message
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Just a little FYI... I tried doing this tonight, I had everything set
up.
The stupid lamp holders take 18GA wire. I was so ticked! I went with
14GA
which was too big. =|

And you want to get 18GA solid wire. If you get stranded, then you'd
have to use solder to tin the ends to actually get them into the
endcaps.

Oh, but if your ballast is going to be external to the fixture, you
want stranded wire between the ballast and the fixture, or else it'll
eventually break from being moved. So then you'd want to use wirenuts
to connect the stranded wire to the solid inside the fixture.

Of course, none of these details were discussed on any of the sites I
researched. :-)

- Jim

Well, I just finished the project, without reading your post of course. I
went 18GA solid all the way. Oh well. It wont be moved very often and if I
have to replace it, so be it.

Anyway, I am absolutely THRILLED with the results! I will post some pics
soon.

~Mort

Mort,
I just saw your pictures in alt.binaries.aquaria and it looks like ODNO did
the trick for you. All I can say now is have fun trimming your plants. :-)

Ron

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"Jim Seidman" wrote in message
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"Mort" wrote in message
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Just a little FYI... I tried doing this tonight, I had everything set
up.
The stupid lamp holders take 18GA wire. I was so ticked! I went with
14GA
which was too big. =|

And you want to get 18GA solid wire. If you get stranded, then you'd
have to use solder to tin the ends to actually get them into the
endcaps.

Oh, but if your ballast is going to be external to the fixture, you
want stranded wire between the ballast and the fixture, or else it'll
eventually break from being moved. So then you'd want to use wirenuts
to connect the stranded wire to the solid inside the fixture.

Of course, none of these details were discussed on any of the sites I
researched. :-)

- Jim

Well, I just finished the project, without reading your post of course. I
went 18GA solid all the way. Oh well. It wont be moved very often and if
I
have to replace it, so be it.

Anyway, I am absolutely THRILLED with the results! I will post some pics
soon.

~Mort

"Ron Nelson" wrote in message
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Mort,
I just saw your pictures in alt.binaries.aquaria and it looks like ODNO
did
the trick for you. All I can say now is have fun trimming your plants. :-)

Ron

Thanks Ron! I hope they will do that well without CO2. That will be my
next project. In the meantime, I am concerned about these plants as they
have some algae on them. I guess I should do a seperate post for that
though huh?

~Mort

What ballast did you use and what bulb or bulbs? How many gallons is the
tank?

Ron

"Mort" wrote in message
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"Ron Nelson" wrote in message
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Mort,
I just saw your pictures in alt.binaries.aquaria and it looks like ODNO
did
the trick for you. All I can say now is have fun trimming your plants.
:-)

Ron

Thanks Ron! I hope they will do that well without CO2. That will be my
next project. In the meantime, I am concerned about these plants as they
have some algae on them. I guess I should do a seperate post for that
though huh?

~Mort