ballast problems

brandon · 05-16-2008, 11:06 PM

Hi thank you for reading this. i just bought a 2x175w metal halides with electronic ballast retro fit kit and i built a canopy for it and hooked everything up and one bulb just flashes here and there and the other doesnt do anything. The ballast has a fan and that turns on and off like every 2 seconds. Anyone have an idea of how i can fix this?

sasquatch · 05-16-2008, 11:25 PM

what retro was it for starters? 2 power leads or one? are you using a timer? have you checked all your connections? are you sure its a MH ballast?

brandon · 05-16-2008, 11:44 PM

yea its a plug and play. got it from catalina today. Both lights are just flashing now. what do you mean 2 leads? It has 1 power plug and it comes out to 2 for the lights. Everything is hooked up corectly. Im not running a timer.

sasquatch · 05-17-2008, 12:19 AM

most likely a capacitor has blown, take it back

brandon · 05-17-2008, 03:14 AM

yea i was hopeing there was something i could do 2 night since the place i got it at isnt open again till monday oh well thanks sasquatch.

05-16-2008, 11:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
brandon Fire Coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: elk grove Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	ballast problems Hi thank you for reading this. i just bought a 2x175w metal halides with electronic ballast retro fit kit and i built a canopy for it and hooked everything up and one bulb just flashes here and there and the other doesnt do anything. The ballast has a fan and that turns on and off like every 2 seconds. Anyone have an idea of how i can fix this?

05-16-2008, 11:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ballast problems what retro was it for starters? 2 power leads or one? are you using a timer? have you checked all your connections? are you sure its a MH ballast?

05-16-2008, 11:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
brandon Fire Coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: elk grove Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ballast problems yea its a plug and play. got it from catalina today. Both lights are just flashing now. what do you mean 2 leads? It has 1 power plug and it comes out to 2 for the lights. Everything is hooked up corectly. Im not running a timer.

05-17-2008, 12:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ballast problems most likely a capacitor has blown, take it back

05-17-2008, 03:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
brandon Fire Coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: elk grove Posts: 81 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ballast problems yea i was hopeing there was something i could do 2 night since the place i got it at isnt open again till monday oh well thanks sasquatch.

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