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3 or 4 lamp RS F40T12 ballast « on: October 01, 2025, 10:20:22 AM » Author: Emersyn
I was wondering if there are 3 or 4 lamp RS (electronic or magnetic) F40T12 ballasts because I'm thinking of putting an emergency ballast in my 4 lamp wrap around but there's already two ballasts in it at the moment (Advance 1x F40 HPF RS, Advance 2x F40 Electronic RS, one of the old ballasts got removed and got replaced by the single lamp one).
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Re: 3 or 4 lamp RS F40T12 ballast « Reply #1 on: October 01, 2025, 03:06:44 PM » Author: rapidstart_12
Advance made one model of F40T12 4-lamp ballast, but it was literally just two regular F40 rapid-start ballasts in the same enclosure, and took up the same amount of space as two standard ballasts, so that’s not really a solution to this dilemma. But what’s stopping you from just drilling some extra holes for a third ballast?
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Re: 3 or 4 lamp RS F40T12 ballast « Reply #2 on: October 01, 2025, 04:47:44 PM » Author: Emersyn
I don't know how to drill the holes, my dad probably wouldn't like that in the house, and I wouldn't have anyone to do it for me anyways

Those long ballasts must look a bit funny
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Re: 3 or 4 lamp RS F40T12 ballast « Reply #3 on: October 01, 2025, 05:03:36 PM » Author: Ash
Drilling thin metal sheet is easy, it can be done with low power battery drill and a suitable bit

If you dont want a hole, then mount 2 F40 ballasts, and some slotted metal rail such as a DIN rail between the ballast screws that are facing each other. To this rail you can attach the lighter components such as EM pack, battery, capacitors etc
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Re: 3 or 4 lamp RS F40T12 ballast « Reply #4 on: October 02, 2025, 02:33:48 AM » Author: Medved
Good bits for thinner sheets are the stepwise "christmass tree" drills - their long round section, with cutting just small step of the diameter at once uses to be sufficient to keep the hole clean
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