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Andrew Gabriel

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Nov 17, 2009, 4:39:16 PM11/17/09
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Can anyone point me to the electrical specs for T5HE and T5HO tubes,
and also T5 circular tubes?

I'm thinking about designing a fitting to take T5 circular tubes,
but chance of finding control gear for reasonable price in 1-off
quantity is about zero, so I will probably look to use nearest
equivalent T5 linear control gear. So I'm interested in the tube
currents for HE, HO, and circular.

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JB

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Nov 18, 2009, 3:15:56 AM11/18/09
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JB

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Nov 18, 2009, 3:17:11 AM11/18/09
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Oh and further to my other post, if you need sample ballasts, dimming or
fixed output, please let me know.
Cheers.
JB

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kevin Y. P.

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Nov 19, 2009, 3:41:14 AM11/19/09
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I have a florescent lighting fixtures , they need a ballast, 2X 54w,
but a vendor said 1X54w will also work. The light is only worth 80
dollars. but the ballast cost around $50. That is not very good. I got
the pendant from www.philazlighting.com

Thanks for your help.

Andrew Gabriel

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Nov 19, 2009, 6:23:39 AM11/19/09
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Thanks John. I'm looking through them.
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In article <he0ahg$ppn$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,

Victor Roberts

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Nov 19, 2009, 9:36:09 AM11/19/09
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:41:14 -0800 (PST), "kevin Y. P."
<kevin...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have a florescent lighting fixtures , they need a ballast, 2X 54w,
>but a vendor said 1X54w will also work. The light is only worth 80
>dollars. but the ballast cost around $50. That is not very good. I got
>the pendant from www.philazlighting.com
>
>Thanks for your help.

A 1-lamp ballast will not power two lamps UNLESS the ballast
is designed to power 1 OR 2 lamps. In that case, it should
not be called a 1-lamp ballast.

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Bolted

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Nov 26, 2009, 11:05:32 AM11/26/09
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On Nov 17, 9:39 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote:

> Can anyone point me to the electrical specs for T5HE and T5HO tubes,
> and also T5 circular tubes?
>
> I'm thinking about designing a fitting to take T5 circular tubes,
> but chance of finding control gear for reasonable price in 1-off
> quantity is about zero, so I will probably look to use nearest
> equivalent T5 linear control gear. So I'm interested in the tube
> currents for HE, HO, and circular.

What would you call a reasonable price? I'm on a similar mission, and
this was the best source I'd found to date (no connection, etc). I've
never bought control gear before but it doesn't seem that out of whack
compared to the linear stuff
http://www.trilight.co.uk/magento/lighting-control-gear/ballasts-transformers/electronic-ballasts/fluorescent-circular-t5/dimmable/hf-r-1-tl5c-philips

Andrew Gabriel

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Nov 27, 2009, 12:12:13 PM11/27/09
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In article <d76c8b4d-e346-4940...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,

I'd say that's a good price for a dimming ballast.
They're often nearer twice that price in units of just 1 or 2.
You'll find them for half that price on eBay, but then you're
limited to what types people have available, and I've never
seen any on there for the circular tubes.

Bolted

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Nov 30, 2009, 11:40:51 AM11/30/09
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On 27 Nov, 17:12, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
> In article <d76c8b4d-e346-4940-97b2-8f05d26da...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,

>         Bolted <boltm...@mailbolt.com> writes:
>
> > On Nov 17, 9:39 pm, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel)
> > wrote:
> >> Can anyone point me to the electrical specs for T5HE and T5HO tubes,
> >> and alsoT5circulartubes?
>
> >> I'm thinking about designing a fitting to takeT5circulartubes,
> >> but chance of finding control gear for reasonable price in 1-off
> >> quantity is about zero, so I will probably look to use nearest
> >> equivalentT5linear control gear. So I'm interested in the tube

> >> currents for HE, HO, andcircular.
> > What would you call a reasonable price?  I'm on a similar mission, and
> > this was the best source I'd found to date (no connection, etc).  I've
> > never bought control gear before but it doesn't seem that out of whack
> > compared to the linear stuff
> >http://www.trilight.co.uk/magento/lighting-control-gear/ballasts-tran...

>
> I'd say that's a good price for a dimming ballast.
> They're often nearer twice that price in units of just 1 or 2.
> You'll find them for half that price on eBay, but then you're
> limited to what types people have available, and I've never
> seen any on there for thecirculartubes.

That's kind of what I thought, anyway, they also sell non-dimming gear
for T5-C at about half the price if you go back up a level. Might
answer your original query in a side-stepping sort of way.

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