Doug,
I was not trying to point a finger at anyone, I was just trying to bring closure to this situation. I didn't mean to offend anyone.
I get emails, and posts on other boards about the 175 watts 10K bulb being defective, unfortunately this spreads like wild fire. Even I was convinced that the products were somehow mislabelled when I first heard the reports on reef central, which is ultimately costing me 4000$ more on my next batch of bulbs for additional quality assurance.
It is frustrating when all of the 4 - 175 watts 10 bulbs that were deemed defective by the buyer as "pee yellow" and returned have all worked fine both on TAR and Electronic ballasts. I am even at a lack of words to explain what is going on as it is puzzling.
While I agree that there may be a few TAR ballasts in the market that may not be compatible with the 175 watts 10K bulb. Or the ballast may be defective as well as, which we cannot rule out.
After all this effort we still don't know what is causing the problem. Having spent 4000$ on this issue and still not finding a solution is frustrating as well. I guess I vented out my frustration, and didn't mean to offend anybody - I repeat.
Venki
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