I hate to continue this thread, but I must. The bulbs as far as I recall were advertised as working on any ballast. I admitted to Venki by way of a PM (which has not been picked up BTW) that I appear to have an oddball ballast. It is a BritePro 175W ballast that is supposed to run a 175W MH bulb, or a 175W Mercury Vapour bulb. It is a brand new Cap & Coil ballast. When I ran the SA bulb, the colour was pee yellow, and the ballast ran quite cool indicating the bulb was not firing properly. The colour originally was great, but only lasted for a few hours. At this point in time I am running an old AB bulb. I am getting 15,000 lux at the bottom of the tank, which seems quite respectable. Yes Venki has put $40.00 into my Pay Pal account, which I don't know what to do with, as I have never used Pay Pal, but I am sure I can use it somehow.
I am not blaming anyone, but I am trying to inform other folks who have purchased 175W bulb from Venki that I am having some problems.This forum is great, as we are not isolated in our problems, but are able to inform other people of the problems we are experiencing. In that way we are united, and perhaps we can cure the problems before they spread.
