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Tubes are at about $14 at NA for the Osram brand and the other cheaper brand is at $10.... 36W PL light for 2 ft fitting.
The single 36W with normal ballast is at $40. With E-ballast is at $60.
Hi, jus wanna do a simple survey, are the ocean free brand n extendboy brands the only ones avail on the mkt? How much is reasonable to pay for a 36W PL, $50? and are the replacement tubes expensive and are there any cheaper places to get these 36W tubes cos C328 quoted $22?? Most light shops i ask dun seem to carry these tubes... Thx!!
Tubes are at about $14 at NA for the Osram brand and the other cheaper brand is at $10.... 36W PL light for 2 ft fitting.
The single 36W with normal ballast is at $40. With E-ballast is at $60.
Michael Lim
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Andre...the ones sold at C328 is 10000K stuff...Actually for marine fish and not for plants...thats why kinda ex.
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Thx guys for the pointers, got another qn, I just bought the Ocean free brand 36W PL, how do i tell if its wired with norm ballast or e-ballast, got my lights for $48, wil go to NA nxt time should i need replacement tubes..... cheerio[:
Ocean Free is normally iron core ballast... one of the simplest ways to tell is to see if it has a starter?
Allen
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On 12/13/2002 9:07:05 AM
Ocean Free is normally iron core ballast... one of the simplest ways to tell is to see if it has a starter?
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starters are only required for FL tubes, PL do not need starters....
And the only way to tell is to remove the covering and check the ballast itself, it is written on the ballast. Another way is by weight. E-ballast are much lighter than a normal ballast.
Michael Lim
My Flickr site
it should be iron core ballast needs a starter while eballast doesn't need one. you can run fl tube (or certain fl tube such as t-----------------
starters are only required for FL tubes, PL do not need starters....
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thomas liew
Cool!! Got the idea finally..... ok so i got some norm 36W lights, but it will do for me cos i dun really see how much diff it would be to ME to convert to e-ballast if i can put up wif the fact tt my lights might give out more heat than a e-ballast one and can put up wif the flickering start-up[] ... big thanks to all
Quote:starters are only required for FL tubes, PL do not need starters....
PL lights do need starters, those wif 4 pins need starters, those wif 2 pins only need ballast, starter is built-in.
what is E-BALLAST? what the use of i, any benefit of E-BALLAST?? sorry i not not sure of e ballast, can anyone explain me?
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On 12/14/2002 3:38:23 AM
what is E-BALLAST? what the use of i, any benefit of E-BALLAST?? sorry i not not sure of e ballast, can anyone explain me?
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eballast - electronic ballast----------------
cooler, lighter, lights doesnt flicker intially when on..
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but it is more expensive.
thomas liew
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On 12/14/2002 3:38:23 AM
what is E-BALLAST? what the use of i, any benefit of E-BALLAST?? sorry i not not sure of e ballast, can anyone explain me?
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And with eballast, it consumes about 30% less energy.
Yes Zac08, my PL tubes with e ballast are using starters, so PLs with 4-pins do require starters when used with e ballast.
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Clarence Hoe
Yes Zac08, my PL tubes with "e ballast" are using starters, so PLs with 4-pins do require starters when used with "e ballast".
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I think you are talking about normal ballast.
Aquatic plants and LEGO collector.
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On 12/14/2002 2:51:58 PM
Yes Zac08, my PL tubes with e ballast are using starters, so PLs with 4-pins do require starters when used with e ballast.
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Wait a minute here... Confused now...[] I have a 4 pin 36W PL tube connected to a E-ballast, and I dun see any starters anywhere. Can someone clear this up for me.... And my smaller lights which are using normal ballast are only 2 pin ones, so I dun see starters there too....
Anyone care to help??
Michael Lim
My Flickr site
Aiyoh... so many views until every one is confused...[
Let me figure.
E-ballast: no starter needed for both FL and 4-pin PL
Iron core ballast: starter needed for both FL and 4-pin PL
2-pin PL: build in starter... no need starter for any kind of ballast.
OK?
BC
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Errr.. 2pin Pl cannot connect to normal 4 hole ballast.
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yesterday i went to Kelantan lane and found this shop which sell mainly electrical stuff, its somewhere ard blk 28. ask the aunty got sell PL Osram Daylight 36W 2ft or not , they say yes at $10 per piece but no stock, someone took the last few pieces the day before.
but i forgot to ask them for their telephone number. anyone know abt this shop?
Just to be more precise, the 4 pin PL lights are actually PLL according to industry. and the 2 pins I think are called PLC (I think). Maybe we should start calling our PL lights PLL... to be more exact... when calling distributor shops they often have no idea what I mean until I say PLL or until I say its a 4 pin....
Allen
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