Using Just 1 Bulb With Double Ballast

[Livewire88]

Hi everyone,

I have a Hagen Glo Duo 39W Ballast but only need to use 1 bulb, is it safe to just run the 1 bulb and leave the other connections not in use?

 

[IainMac85]

Hi everyone,

I have a Hagen Glo Duo 39W Ballast but only need to use 1 bulb, is it safe to just run the 1 bulb and leave the other connections not in use?

in my experience with using twin ballasts in domestic situations then it should be fine so longs the unused connections are kept away from any water, best thing to do would be to remove the unused endcaps and wires at the ballast itself

 

[Aqua Tom]

Hi everyone,

I have a Hagen Glo Duo 39W Ballast but only need to use 1 bulb, is it safe to just run the 1 bulb and leave the other connections not in use?

in my experience with using twin ballasts in domestic situations then it should be fine so longs the unused connections are kept away from any water, best thing to do would be to remove the unused endcaps and wires at the ballast itself

Or even easier, stick a duff tube in it.

 

[IainMac85]

Or even easier, stick a duff tube in it.

using a duff tube can burn a ballast out, i replace alot of ballasts in work that have burnt out as a result of spent tubes being in them and being left on for extended periods of time