Milwaukeeman2003
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| Hi everyone! I’m looking for a fluorescent ballast that could run on 12/24V to operate on solar power. If anyone can help me, that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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No LED gadgets, spins too slowly. Gotta love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Thanks! But are the lamps mentioned on the ballast still made?
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| Yes these T12 lamps are still made today, but imported into the US. Sadly some states are out right banning them to restrict the freedom of choice., just stock up while u can.
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No LED gadgets, spins too slowly. Gotta love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Thanks for the info! I’ll took into it.
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| I have a bunch of 12V electronic ballasts for 39W PL-C lamps . The problem is remembering where exactly they are !
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Sorry for the late reply, but I’m unable to find the specific lamps you’re talking about.
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I've had success with these "Beasun" germicidal ballasts, 10-17w. Be aware though they're instant-start. https://www.ebay.com/itm/314900739917Here's one powering a F17T8 from my gallery. Light output is the same as if I ran it off my preheat.  |
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Thanks for showing me! I’ll consider buying one.
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These are the tubes I was referring to https://www.ebay.com/itm/364323918020 |
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Sadly, I don’t have any sockets that could accommodate this lamp, but thanks for showing me!
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« Last Edit: October 16, 2024, 02:47:24 PM by Milwaukeeman2003 »
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| You can use a step-up converter to get 120/230VAC from battery and then feed an electronic ballast of your choice. As a rule, electronic ballasts are not picky about input voltage waveform and many can be run even on DC (emergency supply mode).
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Milwaukeeman2003
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| Think I’ll go with that! Thanks for the info! BTW, would I be able to use a SOX lamp.
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| Theoretically low pressure sodium is very similar to Fluorescent lamps in terms of structure and how they behave, but the starting voltage of instant start ballasts maybe insufficient to strike the lamp, modification to the ballast may be needed.
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HID, LPS, and preheat fluorescents forever!!!!!!
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Think I’ll go with that! Thanks for the info! BTW, would I be able to use a SOX lamp.
I would be very cautious about using electronic ballasts to run alternative lamps because some members often say that they often underdrive their intended lampa and the current drawn from them is very difficult to measure. I have run SOX low pressure sodium lamps on alternative magnetic ballasts before using imported European market 2 wire parallel SOX low pressure sodium ignitors before. For example, I have gotten 90W SOX low pressure sodium lamps to run very well on a North American 70W M98 pulse start metal halide HX ballast with a Philips SX76 ignitor in parallel with the lamp. |
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Desire to collect various light bulbs (especially HID), control gear, and fixtures from around the world.
DISCLAIMER: THE EXPERIMENTS THAT I CONDUCT INVOLVING UNUSUAL LAMP/BALLAST COMBINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES.
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