Thanks for the offer. I'm going to try and locate either a glow bottle or
another ballast the next time I am in "The Big City".
I just have to be careful because the ballast has to fit into a pretty small
space in the aquarium lighting unit.
Thanks again for the offer.
Sean.
"Terry" wrote in message
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"Sean" wrote in message
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I'll try and locate a glow bottle. I live in a small town in Canada, and
there is not a lot of selection in some of the local stores. I'll try
Radio Shack and the local lumberyard, but I am not holding my breath.
I'll have to wait until I can get down to the "Big City" and see if I can
locate one there.
How would I wire the glow bottle into the circuit that I described? (With
the intention that the light is "always" in On mode. The timer will be
taking care of turning it on and off.)
Thanks, Sean
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"Sean" wrote in message
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Thanks for the answer. I was hoping to simply bypass the switch, but it
doesn't look like that is going to happen. I guess I'll have to replace
the
ballast after all.
Thanks, Sean

Sean I think I've got some starters somewhere I'll see if I can find them.
But if it's standard four footer tube might be simpler but a bit more
expensive to use a non-starter type ballast? All the spare ballasts I got
are for the two 40/34 watt type tube fixtures.
Email if you wish.
Another Terry. Newfoundland Canada.