how do I control my t'5

[willray]

Thought I would be able to interrupt the wires somewear and put some switchs on my lights maybe even timers(4 t5's with icecapp 660)
But NO! So I called Icecap and they also said no also. must be a reasonable way.even if I only control one light I would be happy.

 

[wrassefan]

Bill, just get a heavy duty digi timer from Home Depot. It will turn it off and on and you can use it manually also. That is how most of us do it.

 

[NateHanson]

Are you trying to interrupt the wires between the ballast and the bulbs? I don't think that's a possibility. (maybe I'm misunderstanding your intent though).

Just do as Andy says and control the power cord to the ballast.

 

[marco67]

Sounds like he's trying to control individual lamps, which is as stated a no go on the 660.

 

[wrassefan]

Sounds like he's trying to control individual lamps, which is as stated a no go on the 660.

Bill, if that is what you are trying to do...then what Marc says is true. No, you can't do that. YOu need to buy another ballast.

 

[dedfish]

Switches can be installed, but only before the ballasts and lamps. So in effect you can have a switch to turn on and off your ballast, but not the individual lamps.

 

[willray]

timers I have.But I was hoping to control individual lamps after the ballast.Thats what I was referring to.
'Cause I had three timers for 4 lamps b4.I liked it, corals liked, inverts liked it and the fish liked it.Thought it would be to stressfull for the tank going to full brightness all of a suuden when it was not used to it.Plus varying the intensity sees and is much mor natural.Got a glimps of something in a mag today that will increase(start cycle) and decrease(end cycle) for a period of one hour.