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    Fair enough, I can see why you would install them live. We predominantly use Tridonic T8 Top and I haven't had serious problems with them. Now here is an interesting one. We use T5 UV tubes in one of our products. The Tridonic T5 Pro doesn't seem to be powerful enough to keep them going. Another thing we found was if you have lots of T5 Pros in a circuit strange things happen. Some of them refuse to start. The T5 UV tubes are quite happy with T8 Tops though.

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    you talk of uv lamps the reason why you use them?

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    The lamps are installed inside the canopy of a kitchen air extraction system. Oil & odours are converted into H2O & CO2 because the UV generates massive amounts of Ozone. Bacteria is also killed beause of the frequency of the UV light.

    You sure don't want to work on them when they are live, you get your face burnt & arc eyes. Made this mistake a couple of times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adrianh View Post
    The T5 UV tubes are quite happy with T8 Tops though.
    Ballasting a T5 tube with a T8 ballast can cause problems although I'm guessing some of the more intelligent ballasts may automatically adjust their output accordingly. The T5 range are all different lengths than the T8/T12 ranges to stop them accidentally being substituted for each other.
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