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The
Arcadia Electronic Controller, is based on the same principal as the
standard controller. i.e. a ballast, encased within a plastic body, from
which come flexible lamp leads, and so allowing the ballast to be mounted
outside the aquarium/vivarium, with the lamp leads feeding through the
hood, and mounting onto a fluorescent tube. This gives the versatility to
use the controller to mount tubes over any aquarium, using any hood,
regardless of dimensions - unlike rigid baton fittings. The
standard controller contains a wire wound ballast, which creates an
electro-magnetic field sufficient to ignite the tube. |
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1)
There is no requirement for a starter switch or choke, as there is in
the traditional form.
2) They are much more energy efficient. There is very little wastage
loss through heat. Instead the majority of the energy that comes from
the ballast is converted into light from the fluorescent tube.
3) There is no "flicker effect" In the case of the new T5 High
output lamps, it is essential that they are lit using an electronically
ballasted unit. Traditional wire wound ballasts will fail very rapidly.
The Arcadia electronic controller is a
smartly designed unit, which is manufactured using the latest sonic weld
technology. The result is a unit
which is 100% waterproof, and so even in the unlikely event of the
controller being accidentally submerged, it would not be damaged as a
result.
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