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If Only I had Bought Sooner! by Jimmie Lightner

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 7/25/2008 from COLUMBUS, OH UNITED STATES

Comments: I had put off buying these for far too long. I didn't want to spend the money, but now that I have I wish I had done it sooner. Who knows how much these would have saved me in electricity and cooling bills. My old magnetic ballasts got blisteringly hot. These are barely warm to the touch after a half day of running. The only nagging issue I have is something trips my GFCI when these are plugged into the lighting outlet that has it. The magnetic ballasts never had a problem. I've checked the wiring a hundred times, and the only thing I can think is one of these is somehow leaking voltage back onto the ground. Once that's resolved, I can say I love these ballasts! Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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I love it! by Goonter

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 7/19/2008

Comments: This runs cool and bright, after 8 hours it is barely warm, all others i have had are burning hot by this time. Also make it real bright. Only problem for me is, it has no off switch, so if you want to turn it off, you have to unplug it. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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so far so good! by BETH VESELKA

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 7/10/2008 from WOODSBORO, TX UNITED STATES

Comments: I bought this ballast to replace one of my faulty magnetic ballasts. I have been running this ballast for a few days now. The first thing I noticed is how quickly my bulb lights up compared to the magnetic ballast (the one that still works) I was using. The second and more important thing I noticed it how cool it runs. I opened my cabinet where the ballast is housed and no heat escapes!!!! It is actually a decent temperature in there. I am going to order a second ballast to replace the working magnetic ballast to run my other light. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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excellent, as advertised by rayray

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 5/11/2008

Comments: Upgraded from PFO 250 magnetics: these are much better! Brighter, half the size & weight, mountable, run cooler, no humming sound, and now I can run any lamp I want. I got the PFO conversion kit, but dont really need it; I just hijacked the female connectors off the old ballasts, since I was splicing together anyway. In line splicing with crimpers allowed for better space savings and looks better too. The 3-prong male connector to the wall was plenty long. The only improvement would be to sell a dual 250W, or dual 400w. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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ICECAP 250 on odyssea fixture. by CHARLES H.

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 4/17/2008 from SAN JOSE, CA UNITED STATES

Comments: I have a stock odyssea 6ft 3- 250w mh fixture w/actinics. one of my odyssea ballasts blew so i decided to replace the center ballast with an icecap ballast (per all the talk on reef central. The difference is amazing. its at least 75% brighter than the stock ballast and heats up twice as fast. I went to Fry's electronics and bought a PC extension cable for $3.99 and its plug and play, no wires to splice. only negative is that the power cable on the ballast is to short which is why i had to buy the pc extension. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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best ballast in the hobby by zuko

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 4/5/2008 from FAIR HAVEN, NJ UNITED STATES

Comments: I bought these ballast after I decided to modify two 250 watt odyssey light fixtures. The original ballast that come with the Odyssea light fixture is pure garbage. I can see why the ballast had a tendency to melt. The odyssey ballast had power to slowly fire the HQI bulbs and only drove the 15k bulb to a greenish hue instead of a crisp white blue hue. After a quick and easy hook up of the ice cap ballast WOW what a difference the ice cap ballast made. Even on a garbage odyssea bulb all I can say is WOW what a color change. The only thing that I’m not happy with, I’m nit picking on this is the fact that ice cap only put a 1 foot section off the ballast going the to the light fixture. If you want to have your ballast away from your light set up and aquarium like you should to avoid the possibility of water and humidity exposure, you need to get your self a c13 to c14-18 awg-250 volt, 10 amp power cord. In human words a 250 volt CPU power cord. These cords have the quick connect ends that ice cap uses. Real easy to use and set up your fixture with. The ice cap 250 watt ballast takes a shotty odyssey light fixture and turns it into an awesome light fixture and still at half the price of the name brand units with ice cap ballast. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Great, Cool-Running ballast. by chrisO

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 3/26/2008 from BREMERTON, WA UNITED STATES

Comments: I ordered two of these IceCap 250 ballasts and now after four months of running them everyday I am totally happy with them. They run cool and quiet. The lamps (Phoenix 14.5K)look great with no flicker. Absolutely recommended. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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Great unit but... by Ken

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 3/5/2008 from REDMOND, WA UNITED STATES

Comments: The unit is wonderful but I purchased the power cord, figuring that I needed to wire them in only to find out that the unit is fully wired. I purchased the cord because the 'related products' below included a power cord and I didn't find anything to indicate otherwise (my last Icecap ballasts needed to be wired). In short, 'yes' but the unit but you need *NOTHING* else; this unit has everything you need Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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HOLY LIGHT!!!! by KENNETH HUGHES

Experience Level: Intermediate

Posted on 2/7/2008 from QUEEN CREEK, AZ UNITED STATES

Comments: I have been running the 24" odyssea fixture from aquatraders for 6 months now and was completely happy with the light. I fell victim to the reviews of this ballast and decided to buy one. I was sceptical that people on here were making a bigger deal than what it was. When I opened it up today and plugged it in.... HOLY COW!!! Words cannot describe how much brighter this makes my standard 6 month old odyssea 10k bulb. It is so bright that I cannot see my computer screen because of the glare. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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two thumbs up! by BRYAN AYO

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 1/23/2008 from BATON ROUGE, LA UNITED STATES

Comments: Looks like it been a while since someone has rated this ballast so i'm going to give it two thumbs up. Its everything people make it out to be...cool,quite and POWERFUL! What more could ya ask for. Yes, I would recommend this product to my friends.

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I dont know what happened by STEVEN FETTIG

Experience Level: Expert

Posted on 1/19/2008 from CASTRO VALLEY, CA UNITED STATE

Comments: After reading several rave reviews on the ice cap line I decided to to purchase a 250 watt metal halid ballast. After anxiously awaiting its arrival I was disaapointed in that it didnt light the new bulb. After letting it run for 24 hours with no light I figured I had a bad ballast. So after trouble shooting for a few hours I concluded the ballast wasnt working correctly and returned it. Marine Depot was very good about the return, so after a few days I received a replacement ice cap ballast. Again no light. So Marine Depot sent me a new bulb. The bulb started to fire, but to no avail. So after two bulbs and two ballasts I decided to try another brand of ballasts. I would not recommend this product to my friends.

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