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Old 04-06-2006, 05:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have an orbit extreme 4 x 130 watt 4 pin flouresent light fixture. It has 2 switches and 2 cooling fans. each bulb has a 120 volt 60hz ballast. recently one of my ballast went bad(less than one year). to replace the ballast with the exact same ballast costs about $80.00. my question is should I replace the ballast (current usa brand) one by one as they go bad. or can I upgrade the ballasts with quality ballasts like ice cap. anyone done this before? any tips?
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i have not done this so i cant say for sure.. but i would assume that if you get a IceCap ballast with the same specs it would work


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