Any tricks to get a stubborn halide to fire?

[Delphinus]

Well, one problem solved. There WAS a fault in the cord from the one ballast to the socket. Replaced those wires and now both sockets are able to fire bulbs.

But my one new bulb still doesn't fire, in either socket. At least I have a temporary workaround by using the one good new bulb and my old bulb.

I'll try bending out the socket contacts and see if it gets me anywhere...

I couldn't even begin to hazard a guess where the receipt is for the bulb at this point (I bought these bulbs in February!), so if it is hooched then I guess I too am hooched and will just have to buy another bulb. Drat... Another lesson the hard way: test fire EVERY bulb before putting any in storage (to wait out until you're ready for putting it into "production").

[ 22 April 2002, 11:03: Message edited by: delphinus ]