I have an 11 year old custom sealife 72 inch fixture. It had 4 96 watt PC bulbs in it. Each bulb has its own workhorse 5 ballast.
I wanted to switch it to 4 80w T5 HO bulbs so I ordered new shunted sockets and 5 new ATI bulbs.
1 of the ballasts was replaced 1-2 years ago the others were the originals.
My husband rewired it according to fulhams workhorse 5 diagram.
The bulbs all fired and worked for a few days but within a week wouldnt fire except for 1 remaining bulb thats still working for about 2 weeks now.
I had 5 bulbs so actually 4 wont fire out of 5.
The ballasts are housed 2 in each box. Each bulb has a seperate chord.
We took apart 1 ballast box and the remaining one has the 1 bulb thats still working on it. I'm guessing the bulb thats working is the newer ballast.
I ordered 2 new ballasts but before my hubby wires them he wants to know if his wiring looks right? He drew a diagram of how he wired it.
We cant figure out why the bulbs keep burning out and its getting expensive.
Is it possible the old workhorse 5 ballasts wont run T5's?
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Sockets we used. They are shunted with a jumper
Thanks
kass
I wanted to switch it to 4 80w T5 HO bulbs so I ordered new shunted sockets and 5 new ATI bulbs.
1 of the ballasts was replaced 1-2 years ago the others were the originals.
My husband rewired it according to fulhams workhorse 5 diagram.
The bulbs all fired and worked for a few days but within a week wouldnt fire except for 1 remaining bulb thats still working for about 2 weeks now.
I had 5 bulbs so actually 4 wont fire out of 5.
The ballasts are housed 2 in each box. Each bulb has a seperate chord.
We took apart 1 ballast box and the remaining one has the 1 bulb thats still working on it. I'm guessing the bulb thats working is the newer ballast.
I ordered 2 new ballasts but before my hubby wires them he wants to know if his wiring looks right? He drew a diagram of how he wired it.
We cant figure out why the bulbs keep burning out and its getting expensive.
Is it possible the old workhorse 5 ballasts wont run T5's?
Drawing
Sockets we used. They are shunted with a jumper
Thanks
kass