T-5

[david540i]

Does anyone know of a local place that sells T-5 endcaps for a decent price?

 

[T8T]

It may be worth a shot to try Park Row Lighting on I-20 in Arlington. :roll:

 

[blureef2]

I think pet o rama has them for 17 a pair.. with stadoffs, or you could always get them from reefgeek. i am going to get some next week. If pet-orama you are more thatn welcome to order with me..

 

[david540i]

Do you know how much they are at reefgeek? I'd be in for 6pairs if they are consideribly lower then 17bucks.

Dropped by Lowe's yesterday and to my amazement, they had t-5's in different sizes avaliable. Only thing was that they where 3.5K's

Thanks
David

 

[Serk]

@david540i wrote:

Besides the too-low K rating, these were probably NO T5s, whereas we use HO T5s over our tanks... You might be able to overdrive NO T5s with a HO ballast, I don't know, but......

 

[blureef2]

The pair of caps is $9.95 and the stand off's are $5/Pair. It would run you about $94. with your shipping included. shipping is about $8. so our total order would be about $140.

 

[iamquockie]

david make sure whatever you're gettin is waterproof, just like the VHO's. You can by cheapo ones but you'll end up replacing em soon, or risk salt creep gettin into the prongs and have a major delima.

 

[iamquockie]

call A to T lamps in lewisville.

 

[blureef2]

I called A to T they have endcaps for 16 with standoffs and all. they are kinda cheap. I might go soon.

 

[iamquockie]

I know I typed this before but make sure their waterproof, like the ones that TEK puts in their retro kits.

 

[blureef2]

thats why I like the ones from reefgeek. I have done two T5 set ups b4.