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robert 10-05-2002 05:20 PM

what to do???
 
Advance Transformers is ballast manufacturer. After reading reefburnaby post I am not sure if they have one that you need.

Troy F 10-05-2002 07:45 PM

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Rachel, I doubt you got the Iwasaki specific ballast unless you ordered it intentionally or they put the wrong one in. The ballast is a little more expensive and as you know, nothing is free these days.

sea gnome 10-05-2002 10:57 PM

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After checking jl web site they have 3 pfo ballasts, one for iwsaki only, one for all others and an hqi one. I guess it doesn't matter which one I got except it doesn't fire the bulb. :( My husband and were shaking our heads when it happened because we seem to have the worst luck with thinngs. If there is any chance they won't work, then they don't. It's becoming par for the course. See buy/sell if you are interested in bulb.

EmilyB 10-05-2002 11:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by sea gnome:

My husband and were shaking our heads when it happened because we seem to have the worst luck with things. If there is any chance they won't work, then they don't. It's becoming par for the course.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't worry, you're not alone there..... ;)

reefburnaby 10-06-2002 04:57 AM

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Sea Gnome,

Yupe...I have been in that boat too. I still get on it once in a while....

If you have the Iwaski (MV) ballast, it is the cheaper one and they probably won't start the Radium bulb. BTW, if you have a MV ballast...you are probably locked in to the Iwasaki bulbs....until another better MV lamps rolls along. There should be a tag or label on the PFO that describes what ballast is inside.

Hope that helps.

- Victor.

robert 10-06-2002 05:40 PM

Gnome, even if you have Standard PFO ballast you will not be able to power up your radium 250W (btw, 175W and 400W works with standard). You need HQI ballast for these lamps.
Sorry about this.

sea gnome 10-08-2002 02:41 AM

:cry:


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