PFO Ballast w/Reef Optix III Pendants

[Warboc]

I just purchased a PFO Dual 250W HQI ballast. On recommendations, I decidec to get a pair of Reef Optix III pendants to go with it.

I did not realize the connections would be mismatched, so now I have to order a pair of PFO quick disconnect cables.

Before I cut the cords of the Reef Optix and splice them to the PFO quick disconnect cables, I figured I'd check in here first.

Figured someone here may actually have the same setup. Will these Reef Optix III pendants work fine with the PFO ballast?

 

[moonpod]

yes it doesn't matter. You can go the other way as well. The connectors are generic. SLS uses one type, PFO another (for obvious reasons).

 

[moonpod]

oh, one caveat, don't make the cable any longer. There's a length limit.

 

[Warboc]

Thanks for the feedback.. I figured they would work.. Connectors are just different so they can try to sell their own ballasts/pendants as combos...

As for the cable length, I could not believe the ones on the R.O. pendants werer 15 feet long! Definitely planned on shortening them.

 

[sixliner6]

Or you could send back the ballasts and buy the SLS ballasts. The internals are the same as PFO then you wouldnt have to cut anything.

 

[golfish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6302211#post6302211 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moonpod
oh, one caveat, don't make the cable any longer. There's a length limit.

Chuck,
I didn't know there was a limit? Is this for DE bulbs only? I'm going to have to look into this. I run my ballast out in the garage (50 feet of wire) and I'm thinking about going back to DE's.

 

[Glindac]

I just got the reef optix too from reefgeek. I am hooking to a icecap ballast. He had a nifty little device that plugged into the end of the reef optix and then had the wires that went with the icecap ballast, didn;t have to cut. he may have one for the pfo too. cost around $4. way cool connector. never knew they existed.