Electrobes
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey everyone! Well I bought these compact flo's by Lights of America that are mogul based and are 65 watt. They are pretty cool but have one shoddy thing I ran into trouble with. I took out the "ballast" which seems to be built in and also has the mogulbase right by it, and I housed it in a wooden box, then screwed it to my newly made canopy Pic 1. This set up worked all of last night but then in the morning to test it before I left... I plugged it in and it super blew up. I think the bulb is fine but the "ballast is done.. I tried my other 4 bulbs that I bought as extra (well I bought two set ups so two are extra for only 12 bucks a pop!). They didn't work. I was wondering if it was even remotely possible to powere these bulbs in anopther way.. like possibly getting a Real ballast (that could power one or maybe even two bulbs) and also getting mogul base(s) and rewire it to the canopy.. and just have the base(s) in the tank, keeping the ballast away from the water. Thank you so much for reading everyone! Also while I am at it you get to see pics of my canopy and light when it was working!!!!