From: Eric Nelson (emanmb@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/06/03-08:07:16 PM Z
I tried doing this via the prefab units many years ago
and remember taking the outer housing off the units to
allow me to get them closer together.
For some reason (this is in the days b4 the internet
and this list serve where i could ask a lot of people
for answers) the units didn't power the bulbs well so
I ended up having a buddy help me build a unit using
the 48" bulbs.
One other item not mentioned is the starters which may
or may not be necessary if modern ballasts don't
require them...my old ones do.
Also, having a timer on this set up, which ever way u
go, may not be the hot ticket as it takes a while for
the tubes to power up. I just leave mine on
continuously while in a session which also helps keep
the darkroom warmer in the winter. =)
Eric
> >I am opting for a unit to do up to 20x30, and had
> planned on getting T8 24"
> 20w
> BL tubes. The simplest thing seems to be to buy the
> pre-fab dual magnetic
> fixtures available at Home Depot and plug those into
> a power strip plugged
> into
> my timer. This is possible, no?<
>
> Correct, the ballast is incorporated within those
> units.
>
> <If I do this, then I won't need ballasts, correct?>
>
> <If I don't do that and build from scratch, are the
> three components a tube,
> ballast & fixture?<
>
> correct
>
> <How do you space the tubes closely if you go with
> pre-fab fixtures from
> Home
> Depot?> -- You really cannot - that is why people
> build them from
> components, to get the close spacing.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Vinnie
> www.visionsinnature.com
>
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Eric Nelson/Archival Custom Printing
http://emanphoto.netfirms.com/index.html
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