48" fixture for reptisun 10.0?

[Cinder9]

I need to upgrade my bulb from a 36" to a 48" and i cant find any fixtures of that length for that type of bulb. Does anyone know of any places i can get one from or any other way of doing this?

 

[fiver643]

I was at lowes about a month ago and they had 48" t8's for $35-$40 I don't remember.

 

[OgleRpets]

Walmart, their shop lights fit them and hold two bulbs so I put the reptisun 10.0 in front and a normal light behind it. The fixture itself cost $10.00.

 

[Cinder9]

I checked both places and cant find one at either. In walmart is the fixture your speaking of in a different section than all the normal bulb fixtures?

 

[MAK]

I got mine at home depot $26

 

[shorti3287]

I just had this problem this weekend! I ordered our 48" repti sun 10.0 from amazon, and got the fixture from lowes for $21-$22. I went to the store so I know onlinw i couldnt fine the exact one I wanted. I just got a t-8 one light strip light fixture. It was with all the fleuorescent fixtures, not bulbs. I had to ask where it was, HTH

 

[Cinder9]

i must have the worst home depot and lowes conveinently located near my house because i checked everywhere and couldnt find any. all i found was fixtures that were meant for t12, t10, and all that. the t8s i did find were too small

 

[shorti3287]

I'm sorry, I live out i the boonies too, but my store had a number of them. Did you ask someone? Thats what I had to do. If you must they do have them online

 

[Cinder9]

Yea i did ask but they couldnt find any. Also ive been reading online that the 48" is a t12. Is that right, cuz ive also read its a t8?

 

[OgleRpets]

Umm, in the Walmarts around here the shop lights are on the bottom shelf under the florescent tube lights. And I have no idea if it's a t12 or a t8 but I do know it fits the fixture.

 

[shorti3287]

From my understanding the older ones are t12, and newer ones are t8. But unless you see the package or it says online I dont think youll know which one youre getting. Mine that I just got last weekend from amazon is a t8
it is also 32 watts

 

[FoothillBeardie]

Another option is if you have a t12 fixture laying around thats 48". You can just replace the ballast in it with a t8 48". The t8 t10 t12 bulb mounts are all the same. And possibly even t5 but I'm not 100% on that one. ~Mike~

 

[anderous]

yeah, i went to home depot for mine, 15$ i think it was. then i just ripped out the insides of my broken hood and wired the unsightly home depot light inside the hood, looks great now

 

[Cinder9]

Was the fixture you got a t8 or a t12? Thanks for all the suggestions and ideas people, i appeciate it.