Hood Light Fire

All of my lighting is on timers....but it sure makes me wonder if I need to make some changes.

I just got a 48" triple-tube strip light (All-Glass) w/ the electronic ballast for my 100g tank. Definitely runs cooler than a comparable conventionally ballasted single-tube 24" strip light on the 38g.

Having read this post, I took a look at my little Eclipse System 3's...wow, a lot of brown scorching on the white plastic parts (these are not Eclipse 3 hoods, but the little acrylic aquarium / hood / filter / lighting combo).

Now I'm paranoid, but a little caution is not a bad thing.

rbishop, I'm so glad that you caught it...house fires are ugly on so many levels.

v/r, N-A
 
More reason to use open tanks IMO. No matter how good the ballast is, in a closed warm tank the condensation could get to dangerous levels.

Of course those of you with "jumpers" don't really have a choice :(
 
Hm wow. Glad you're OK. Gah, my planted tank will suffer if I only keep the lights on when I'm at home. =/
 
Phrag said:
More reason to use open tanks IMO. No matter how good the ballast is, in a closed warm tank the condensation could get to dangerous levels.

Of course those of you with "jumpers" don't really have a choice :(
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All my tanks are closed off with the light on top (no water gets to the light). That's the way I see most tanks set up for sale at the LFS's. Also, the Eclipse 3 uses an epoxy-sealed ballast and bulb enclosed in a transparent plastic. Am I missing something? :huh:

v/r N-A
 
word of caution.... same thing happened to me about 12 years ago. I'm thinking it was the run of the mill light that goes on top of the tank, not 100% on the brand but the light was sitting on a 55 gallon Iguana tank so there wasn't even water running in the tank so if they come back with "it was a water issue", fight that scenerio.
 
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