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Originally Posted by Seeco lol I did the tinfoil and it was causing a slight electric shock. What about that acrylic for a buffer?

still waiting for the arcadia to show up, i use these in my upsairs cham room.
as soon as they get here ill let ya know whats up

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Originally Posted by EvilLost What do you do with the ballast itself? It seems like that ballast has its own housing so you don't need to house it separately? Where do you mount the ballast itself? Local "Industrial Lighting Suppliers" sell basically what you have made here for about $20-30 except with a more professionally made housing. I buy double bulb 4' T8 fixtures for $23 at my supplier; not sure how much T5 is but its not much more. How much did the entire setup cost you, including the ballast/parts/etc?

for one set the ballast is 70 and the rest is like 10, so $80 before bulbs. i like i because i can change the length as needed, i just pop in different lengh bulbs and can go from two small bulbs like 18" or 2 large ones like 48"
i recently have been looking to makinging them myselve with a ballast and end caps, it could be about half the price, these ballasts are nice, they are in a protective case with power switch, built in timer 10,12,14hrs and a dimming on/off feature, but aside frro the case i dont really need the other features.
oh and the ballast gets mounted on the wall. show here my montane room
i like to keep all the power above the water