Can anyone give me some info on this light. a good friend gave it to me today and I have not seen a light quite like this one.
what it say’s on the bulb
sylvania
Pentron 4100K 54W
FP54/841/HO/ECO
Will
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The Sylvania Pentron FP54/841/HO/ECO T5 linear 4ft fluorescent tube has a light output of 5,000 Initial Lumens. It features a 4100K cool white Color Temperature and a 35,000 hour Life Hours. The Sylvania 20906 54W high output tube has low mercury and is TCLP compliant. (Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) )
The 54-watt Sylvania 20906 FP54/841/HO/ECO T5 linear tube features a vivid lumen output of 5,000 while producing a whiter, more natural color for either commercial or residential applications. It has a cool white color temperature of 4100 Kelvin and an average life of 40,000 hours. This fluorescent tube is perfect for high or low installations and can help you save energy with a fluorescent ballast.
So, it’s just what I can find on internet, Will, hoping that’s helping you my friend 
~Al 
I was just going to say @Niala is the source of supply for info on this !
Do you think it would be ok for my seedlings
how cool is this @Niala is taking me to school lmao
Yeap, better than the 2700 Kelvin CFL you have presently .
You give so much my friend 
, only fair you can received 
ok goo but there is only 3 tube in it not the 6.
would it still work with out the other 3 bulbs?
and do i have to have a fluorescent ballast.?
thank you for that
These lamps are ideally paired with OSRAM QUICKTRONIC® QHE PROStart® ballasts. PENTRON® T5 lamps are designed to operate on dedicated electronic programmed rapid start (also known as programmed start) ballasts only.
So, yes you’ll need a ballast, look under this to see if you not already have it, just here
And if the bulbs are wired in PARALLEL, in the fixture, yes, it will work with even just 1 bulb and if it’s a 1 ballast fixture.
Hoping that’s helping you @garrigan62
~Al
P.s. You can put 6500 Kelvin bulbs in the 3 slots that doesn’t have some
Lucky sod I just bought 2 2x3’ t5’s today for my cloning box it’s all about the bulbs you select for them just like cfl’s
Yes for seedlings is good !!! Sure
That’s good my friend , 2 ballasts , one for each side.
Are the 2 ballasts are exactly the same, have the same specification ? Please, can you take more pictures of the 2 ballasts, in 3 shots for each ballast , like the one where I can read and blow up, that way I gone a be able to see the recommand watts for the lamps and see the circuits diagramm 
If you have plug it and it does not work I see two thing :
1• The ballasts are not compatible with the tubes you have. That’s why I ask if the 2 ballasts are the same, because the picture that I can blow out, even if the specification are not complete, is clearly state that this ballast is for type HL tube, the tube you have are type HO.
Another thing, your tube are 54 watts type HO and ballast for type HL is usually for max 35 watts. That’s why I ask for more segmented pictures of the 2 ballasts.
2• Lamp EOL protection mean : End Of Life protection and it’s a shut off safety to protect the ballast from over heating. So, if one of your ballasts is indeed compatible with type HO 54 watts tubes, and it is in serie circuit, or combo serie/parallel, one of the tube is gone, good luck to find withch one, maybe one or two of the extremeties are gone a be slightly more darker…Just maybe…
So, worst case scenario is, it’s a home made 2 HL compatible ballasts put in serie circuit in an attempt to try to give the 54 watts necessary for the 54 watts tubes, watts needed from them, and the EOL as fried and/or 1 or the 2 ballasts has fried too. I really hope and wish it’s not the case my friend…
Better case scenario is that one of your ballast is type HO compatible (ability to deliver 54 watts for each tubes ) and it’s not the one in the picture that we can blow out …
If it’s the case (type HO compatible) and if the ballasts are not fried out, it’s most probably that one up to the 3 tubes are gone… However, that’s why I ask for pictures of the circuits diagramms for a more accurate insight, because you can have a 1 serie connected to 2 parellel circuit, or , 2 serie in 1 parallel circuit or 3 parellel circuit and 2 parallel to 1 serie circuit.
It’s important to know…
To simplify to the maximum :
2 ballast type HL , no good for type HO tubes 54 watts. Buy 6500 Kelvin 35 watts tubes, it gone a cost less than buy a HO ballast compatible. (good ballast gone a make sound when plugged, no sound, ballast is dead.)
Hoping that’s helping and enlighten you, @garrigan62 on your ballasts, please, give more pictures on the ballasts for more information, if you need some. And , do not hesitate to ask more questions, I am here (and surely other) . You are always there for us , so again, do not hesitate
~ Al
Those are awesome… it’s a t5ho fixture… 54 Watts output per bulb …that’s all I use for veg and seedlings and I love them to death… so you scored… the heat that they put off is minimal …but you just need to look for 54 watt t5ho bulbs that are four foot long and they have them from 2700 Kelvin all the way up to 6500 Kelvin so that was a good score on your part the only thing you didn’t mention was if it already has a whip wired on to it…? if not there should be three wires there one black one , one white and one copper wire for your ground …simply hook a cord on to it and plug that baby in…
I agree @peachfuzz with the fixture , however, the ballast is for type HL not HO
If you have better resolution pictures of the 2 ballasts, please, share it with us my friend… And if you have information to safely gear a HL to HO ballast light, again, please, share the information…
Do not get me wrong, peachfuzz, I respect you and you are one of my reference here, I did not take in consideration the wirering side, it’s a must too
That’s why this community is so great… Exchange of information
~Al
I will have to inspect my lights… hmmmm 
I just know that the only 54 watt t -5’s are considered (ho) meaning high output… regular t-5 fixtures put out a lot less watts and aren’t considered (ho)…
I’ve never heard of hl output…
I just know that if @garrigan62 looks up bulbs for that lamp what he will find is the only 54 watt bulbs that he can find for it are going to be under the term (ho)… so I’m not really sure where the HL comes into play at …will have to do more investigation…
Thank you for all the great information @Niala you are truly awesome…
What they said! Haha I was going to throw a t5 or florescent tube of some type in there 
great lights for babies I have heard.
