T 5 ho purchase warning

surfhead

surfhead

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Just a note to any one looking to buy t5 ho lights from ...growzebo on ebay ,dont dont dont ,garbage that could burn your house down and he is a cheese bag !!!!!!
 
A little more info to those that may be interested in buying this light would be helpful. Did you actually buy and use one? Did it fail or burn up?
 
lets say i have FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE , lol...burnt up ! smoke and all.and in SHORT PERIOD of time ,on off switches all broke . its a danger .same thing to another friend of mine who got one .. so be safe and get only lights with warranty !!! LESSON WELL LEARNED JUST TRYING TO SAVE ANYONE ELSE !!!!!!
 
Why not buy directly from sunlight supply co?...

You get what you pay for when you buy from third parties!
 
intenseneal said:
For good inexpensive T5 lighting go to Aquatraders.com
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be carefull with the units with the remote ballasts, a lot of reports of them frying. Possibly because they are cheaply made ballasts or because the ballast should not be left on when its not plugged into the Light. A number of Aquariusts have done ballast upgrades on the remote ballast for better lighting and the breakdown issues.
 
^^^ I have been running both of their different T5 HO fixtures with no issues. The issue was mainly with their MH ballasts and that was over 5 years ago, since then they have really come a along way in quality. If I do have an issue they have always taken care of it. I was in the aquarium reef hobby for a long time and that is how I know about Aquatraders and Odyssea lighting.
 
intenseneal said:
^^^ I have been running both of their different T5 HO fixtures with no issues. The issue was mainly with their MH ballasts and that was over 5 years ago, since then they have really come a along way in quality. If I do have an issue they have always taken care of it. I was in the aquarium reef hobby for a long time and that is how I know about Aquatraders and Odyssea lighting.
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the reports I saw were specfiically for the fluoros. They gutted the ballasts and installed their own after the burnout. Otherwise I would have bought a bunch of their lights. They are very reasonable in price and easy to hang sideways. Hopefully they have gotten better
 
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