coralife lighting . please help .

ok i have had these lights for a long time i would like to get the bulbs replaced there are 4 compacts . i have tried to take the bulbs out to get replacments but the bulbs are no removable out side of major complex wireing that i am not adept to even try and run . anyone have any experiance with these light . that can maybe tell me im overthinking the whole thing , or should i have never bothered with this system at all ?

 

I had that same unit. When the time came to change the bulbs I got frustrated and threw it out. I got a VHO retro.

 

thats how i felt . a bulb change on this system felt like i was trying to disarm a bomb .

 

All you have to do is slide the splash gaurd out. Then the bulbs themselves just pull right out.

 

no not at all the bulbs are each indipendently wired to the ballests . there are no removing these bulbs as easy as you may think . ill have to add a few shots of the wireing its self i guess. but i refuse to just throw this fixture out , spent to much money on it .

 

I have the same fixture in a 30 inch model. My ballasts went on me so i ended up gettin a t5 and when i get the parts ill fixthe pc ballast. It isnt too hard to switch out bulbs

 

ok so i downloaded the directions from the web site and sure enough i can remove the bulbs quite easily . i am not sure why they were so hard to seperate maybe salt creap carosion or something but after reading the directions i took a screw driver and popped it right between the connections and pop bulbs all came right out .

not i have a t5 fixture and the coralife compact bulb system .... and my question is can i use them both on my tank with out over doing it .

the coralife system houses 4 65watt bulbs 2 10k and 2 acientic/blue

the T5 system had 1 54watt 10k and 1 acientic /blue

 

IDK, mine wouldn't come out. I wanted to upgrade anyways. It was a good enough excuse for me.