candymancan
Aquarium Advice FINatic
So I bought a new tank and the guy gave me his Quad 65Wx2 Power Compact light.. It has a 4 Square pin connection.. The problem with this is.. I don't want 4X 6700K lights in there.. and that's all they sell for Power Compacts of this pin config... That or a 6700/10k config which I already have.. Im going to keep the 6700/10k as its plenty bright enough for me.. But I need to replace the Actinic combo... Hense why I don't want 4 white lights..
Plants need red spectrum the most. I found a website that has a duel pink 65W Power Compact bulb most likely old stock from 2008 or something.. I order one but it is a 4 straight pin light... My Ballast is 4 Square pin.. Obviously the bulbs are exactly the same just the pin config is German/Japanese. They don't sell adapters for this either..
Soo how am I going to make this work ? Can I Just cut the plug off my Ballast and Add pins to the wires seperatly and plug them into the 4 straight pin light 1 by 1 ? The last pic is an adapter I found on google images.. but I don't see where I can buy this adapter.. I think I found one on ebay but the guy wants $25 plus $10 shipping that isn't going to happen
Plants need red spectrum the most. I found a website that has a duel pink 65W Power Compact bulb most likely old stock from 2008 or something.. I order one but it is a 4 straight pin light... My Ballast is 4 Square pin.. Obviously the bulbs are exactly the same just the pin config is German/Japanese. They don't sell adapters for this either..
Soo how am I going to make this work ? Can I Just cut the plug off my Ballast and Add pins to the wires seperatly and plug them into the 4 straight pin light 1 by 1 ? The last pic is an adapter I found on google images.. but I don't see where I can buy this adapter.. I think I found one on ebay but the guy wants $25 plus $10 shipping that isn't going to happen