T5 ballast/kitchen ballast ?

[Milly]

Jason and I are in the process of modifying our light fixture from compact lights to T5s. We stopped at HD to pick up a light fixture that had double set end caps :


Now I have access to a T5 HO ballast but I was wondering, would a conventional kitchen t5 light ballast be enough to efficiently run just your standard T5 saltwater bulb?

[Milly]

We're not planning on running it with the kitchen ballast, we just needed the endcaps. It was cheaper to buy it this way then online + shipping.

[reefreak]

Hmm would it be easier just to swap the ballasts out with a h/o ballast?

[Milly]

Yeah it is. We have a ballast, we were just wondering if you'd be able to run it?

Do they make separate t5 ballast and HO ballast? Or are they the same?

[reefreak]

Yes they have a low output ballast which will power one h/o bulb and the highoutput ballast

[alton]

One powers a 28 watt or two. The HO will power one or two 54 watt ( if we are talking about 46" lamps)

[blupez]

I've seen some cheap ones on ebay. I wanted to do an affordable t5 setup and used some. I have some Chinese ones and they're been doing great on my tank. I've had them since December.