Flickering bulb

Aquattro · #1 10-07-2013, 12:22 PM

Just the one of two? I had a time when all mine did that, but it turned out to be a bad transformer down the street. Hydro changed it out and no more flicker. Probably not your issue, but thought I'd mention it

Proteus · #2 10-07-2013, 01:14 PM

Ok. I'll call fortis as the powerpole behind my place was hit last week

Only have one halide

kien · #3 10-07-2013, 01:32 PM

There were two instances where I had this problem.

1. I had a bad ballast (Galaxy). Got it replaced and prob went away.
2. Bad bulb (eBay). Replaced it with another "good" bulb (also eBay) and the problem went away.

kien · #4 10-07-2013, 01:35 PM

Oh, there was a third time last year during a heat wave where my ballast overheated. It got wicket hot. I shut it down and let it cool off then powered it back up and problem went away. This was during a time when out central AC was busted so the next day I set up a fan to actively cool the ballasts. No more flickering during the heat wave.

Proteus · #5 10-07-2013, 01:44 PM

I gunna grab a new bulb when I have a tomorrow. Sure hope it's not the ballash

kien · #6 10-07-2013, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proteus

I gunna grab a new bulb when I have a tomorrow. Sure hope it's not the ballash

shouldn't all that be under warranty still?

Proteus · #7 10-07-2013, 02:54 PM

Yes. Just have to contact the lfs