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Old 01-31-2012, 05:47 AM
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Thank you for all the help.
I checked the ballasts, as in how much voltage was going out of them. They were both similar.
My friend had some PC 96 W bulbs that I borrowed. They worked. So I bought new bulbs.
Funny thing is the unit worked when put away for storage and now nothing. So I cut apart the plastic on the old bulbs where the square pins are. Frightful!
The wires that go from the pins to the lamps, four of them of course, are less than 22 gauge. Really thin and corroded to heck. That is where the problem is. I wish when they fabricate bulbs they would put in thicker wire. Almost as if they are meant to fail. I certainly didn't get a years worth out of them.
Moral, don't store bulbs in garage where the humidity is greater than in the house.
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