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Non-PCB full power high power factor F40T12 rapid start ballasts « on: August 21, 2023, 03:14:41 PM » Author: HIDLad001
I am looking for good quality ballasts that will run my F40s at (or very close to) full power. I don't want anything to do with PCB's, so it would have to be a ballast made after the PCB ban. I hear the Universal Therm-O-Matic ballasts are pretty good, but I am having a hard time finding PCB-free ones.

Can anybody recommend a specific make and model of ballast that I can easily find on eBay and can be obtained for a reasonable price?  :ballastfl:
(BTW I noticed the ballast emoji is actually a Universal Therm-O-Matic!)
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Re: Non-PCB full power high power factor F40T12 rapid start ballasts « Reply #1 on: August 21, 2023, 06:01:36 PM » Author: Patrick
If you don't mind used, I have plenty that I'm willing to sell for the price of shipping.

Advance RQM-2S40-3 2xF40T12
Advance R-2S40-1-TP 2xF40T12
Universal 412-L-SLH-TC-P 1xF40T12

I also have a couple MagneTek 446-L-SLH-TC-P ballasts I could part with.  The Advance Mark IIIs and MagneTek/Universal SLH ballasts aren't quite full power of course, but they're pretty close.  A couple of my Advance ballasts are 0.8A if you prefer that, though I can't tell the difference.  Sometimes due to capacitor variations, especially with used ballasts, the full power units aren't always brighter in practice.  For the energy savers I think the SLHs tend to operate lamps at slightly higher power than the Mark IIIs, but like I say, it can vary and the difference tends to be negligible.  I can test these ballasts to make sure the caps are good.  Most of them are.
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Re: Non-PCB full power high power factor F40T12 rapid start ballasts « Reply #2 on: August 21, 2023, 09:26:36 PM » Author: HIDLad001
I would probably be interested in the RQM-2S40-3, but I don't have an easy way of paying for it (I have the money, but not the payment method).
If I was going to get it, I would probably get it along with some other stuff you have for sale as well.
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