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Re: [APD] Custom Sealife Ballast Replacement...help plz



My choice would be to ditch whatever CSL used and replace
the ballas with an Advance, Universal, or Fulham ballast.
You can check out on the respective websites for a good
choice. The Fulham site is easiest to use in this regard.

sh
--- David Terrell <Dave at TerrellClan_com> wrote:

> I've recently run into a problem with my now 3 y/o Custom
> Sealife 
> Smartlamps.  I have 2 of them, each 48" and 2x65W on my
> 90G AGA.  I 
> finally got my interest back up in my aquarium to replace
> the aged 
> bulbs, one of which I thought had blown completely.  Now
> that I've got 
> the new bulbs I realize its not the bulb that blew, but
> probably the 
> ballast?  One of the two lights in that fixture works,
> but both bulbs 
> are new (and I've tried different bulbs on each socket). 
> I opened the 
> cap of the light and it smells like an electrical burnout
> happened 
> inside....so heres the thing: I'm hoping someone knows
> how to replace 
> the ballast in there that can help, or maybe point me in
> the right 
> direction.  The ballast (2 of them) looks to be mounted
> all the way in 
> the center of the fixture beyond a rivoted light bracket,
> and a few 
> other things that seem semi-perm. in the housing.  Either
> way I'd love 
> to have my full 260w back but don't enjoy haphazardly
> playing around 
> with wiring.  For those savvy in wiring but not familiar
> with the CS 
> light it has a single switch, 2x65w light socket (4 pin
> square 
> arrangement) and what looks like two ballasts and one
> plug.  Hopefully 
> its generic enough that I could replace it without too
> much trouble.  
> Thanks...
> 
> -Dave
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