Pond uv filter

[tpee]

the ballast/choke /starter on my uv filter has packed up. Does anyone know if I can buy a new one to avoid having to buy a complete unit.

[Tim Watts]

wibbled on Wednesday 07 July 2010 11:41

TLC/Maplin/RS/Farnell/CPC?

Nothing special about the fact it is a UV tube - find some ordinary fluorescent control gear that compatible with the tube wattage.

HTH

[Bob Minchin]

They are normally standard parts as used in visible light fluorescent fittings. Electrical suppliers should carry them.

Bob

[Rick Hughes]

It doesn't know it's being used on UV ........... TLC will have one .. or B&Q

FYI ... TLC stocks a whole range of pond care kit

[tpee]

The unit that I have does not have the little starter (cylindrical white thing with two pins) so I would like to buy one one that is the same. Can you tell me what it is called; TIA.

[Tim Watts]

wibbled on Thursday 08 July 2010 08:03

Not all units have a starter - they were an artifact of the older simple choke-ballast combined with a lamp that required a high strike voltage.

The electronic ones don't need a starter as the functionality is combined in.

[NT]

thing with two pins)

electronic ballast

NT

[tpee]