RE: [APD] IceCap ballasts hype or not?

["Adam N." <adam at xhaos_org>]

It is seeming more and more like Icecap stuff is just creatively rebadged
electronic ballasts that use some non traditional power ratings either under
or overdriving lights.  These mat work out well for some folks but it seems
unlikely that anything that an Icecap is doing for you is something you
couldn't do yourself by getting a ballast at the local lighting supply
place.

Is there anything that makes an Icecap different from an electronic ballast
from the local lighting supply place?

I am sure they are will made but I've never had a problem with an electronic
ballast and from what I know they're all silent. So, what's so great about
them?

Adam
Dean and/or Clark in '04


-----Original Message-----
From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com
[mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com]On Behalf Of S. Hieber
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:35 AM
To: aquatic plants digest
Subject: Re: [APD] IceCap ballasts hype or not?

Hi Daphne, where you been hiding?

You won't hear a decent electronic ballast -- it will be
operating at an very high if not inaudibly high frequency
-- anywhere from about 18,000 Hz to anywhere as high as
40,000 Hz or even 80,000Hz.

So-called magnetic ballasts operate at the same frequency
as the house power supply, in the US, 60 Hz.  That's about
one octave above the bottom end of what most of us can
hear, right where it and it's harmonics can get on your
nerves.

Scott H.

--- Daphne Freeman <daphne_freeman at charter.net> wrote:
> I can comment on the Icecap ballasts with regards to
> metal halides.
>
> The 250 watt metal halide light over my tank utilizes an
> Icecap electronic
> ballasts.  I love it.  There is no noise and it only gets
> slightly warm.

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