I have multiple aquarium fixtures with the same type of ballasts and all except one are blowing bulbs like popcorn. The one with T5 bulbs seems OK, but the others with T6 (double tube CFL) seem more affected. I assume it's the AC mucking up the power quality. X10 is completely screwed too, but I think that's because I changed the ballasts in one of the fixtures. The old 'shoplight' fixture with T8 bulbs did not seem susceptible to the power quality.
I was going to buy a few of these for now to protect my bulbs/ballasts
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but I assume they'll need a filter to protect the X10. Secondly, can I use the PowerChute (APC UPS(s)) software to effectively monitor power quality to get to the root cause?