>> You know that you cannot use T5-H tubes in a T5 fixture or T5 tubes in a T5-H fixture, right?
I know to triple-check the fixture manufacturer's specs, and still be skeptical. But it makes sense that they would not put in any more powerful a ballast than they need to.
Sometimes I read about people "over-driving" a ballast. Then I read someone's claim that the risk of fire was not AS great as others were saying. Snort!
That is not something I yearn to to research at home, to narrow down just HOW dangerous it is.