Old 48" Coralife 4 bulb PC Bulbs?

[felixpaws]

Need some more help

So, I recieved the bulbs, cleaned off the oxidized plug, and the lights all worked...for a while. Apparently, the ballast is dead on one set of lights. Anyone have any idea where to get replacement ballasts for a Coralife, 65watt, 4 bulb, pc, 48" fixture? It is the side that does not have the fans on it, if that helps. The fans still work, and one set of bulbs work. I don't know the model #, because it's been taken off, at some point in it's lifetime. There are two, seperate, ballasts, for each set of two bulbs. I'm going to try to ask a friend to check the electrics on it, to validate that it is the ballast, but I'm pretty sure that's what's wrong. It's not the bulbs, because I checked the bulbs on the other side of the fixture, and they still work. If the ballasts are too expensive, I'll just wait, and buy the 4 bulb, T5HO from Aquatraders.com, at some point. At this point, I only have some zoa's, and a very small frag of a green tree coral in the tank, so, don't require a ton of light. Any advice as to where I can buy a replacement ballast (or if any of you have one to sell) would be appreciated. Thanks, much!

 

[fsn77]

I've not ordred from any of these places, but they stock replacement parts:
http://www.aquariumpart.com/Coralife_Aqualight_Parts_s/26.htm
http://www.coralreefsupply.com/index.php?aquarium=detail&detail=921
http://www.tscpets.com/coaqba2xmosp.html

If you're not comfortable ordering from those places, you may want to try calling some of the more prominent aquarium supply vendors online, as they tend to have replacements parts for quite a few items available, but they aren't always listed on their website.

 

[felixpaws]

Thank you, very much. I'll check those sites out. Anyone else have any good sites in mind?

 

[felixpaws]

Thank you!

Awesome! I checked out those sites, and now, all I need to do is check the numbers on the ballast, and pick one. :thm: Even after I buy the new ballast(there all $34.99), the fixture, with bulbs will only have cost me $60 or so. It's better than the $110 for a 4 bulb T5HO fixture, from Aquatraders.com. Thanx, again! I'll let you know how it turns out.