Newb Light Question (Best Color Temp?)

[cirillonb]

Ross,
Does the T5 bulb require a special ballast or does conventiional ballasts (for a fixture with the small diameter bulb) work.
Nick

[Nish07]

You need a specific T5 balast. T8-T12 will not work in a T5 fixture and vise versa.

-Nish

[Ross]

Originally Posted by cirillonb

Ross,
Does the T5 bulb require a special ballast or does conventiional ballasts (for a fixture with the small diameter bulb) work.
Nick

The ballast is built into the base of Compact Florescent t5's and is disposable (leading to their expensive nature.) Straight tubes use a specific fixture which has it's own ballast built in. Hope this helps.