Ballast problems...
I worked an overnight shift last night and got home today around 3:30PM to find that one of my 400w halides had not fired this morning. I am using a dual 400w PFO ballast. I thought perhaps I would try to fire it again so I reached to toggle the power switch and found that when I applied any pressure, it would make an odd fizzing sound. I didn't think that could be a good thing so I turned it off and as I did so, it snapped and the switch became loose. Now I can't turn it back on because there is no resistance in the switch, and I only have one bulb going. The unit is under a year old and was purchased from J&L. They are going to give me a shout in a few days.
My question is, will my stonies be alright with only one halide over half the tank for a few days or even a few weeks?
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-Quinn
Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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