ARC MH's from Aquaria Canada ?

[Chad]

the contact seems to get tarnished very quickly.. either way.. the bulb is not up to the job at the moment

[RobinL]

There were people who use these bulbs on AC,some are ranting and raving about it(usually the same people) but from the pics I saw I sure wasn`t impressed.
In no way are they as nice as the S.A bulbs no comparison at all. I know that when I sell a SA bulbs or any other bulb I sure dont have to sand the contacts.

That being said all bulbs go through a period of problems but hopefully they usually get ironed out.

Oh Yeah Im new here

[muck]

Originally Posted by RobinL

Oh Yeah Im new here

Welcome to the board..!!
Where abouts are you from..??

[RobinL]

Thanks Muck,

Im from Montreal,got to figure out how to add a signature.

ok got it.

[richtg]

I am Danny Zubot's buddy with the identical setup, and while sanding the contact on the bulb worked that night, I am still having the same problem. I have found that I can plug and unplug the ballast over and over, sometimes leaving it on for over an hour, and it still only fires when it FEELS like it. AARGH! I have made a discovery, however. If I plug in my ballast (M58), and lightly run my fingers over the bulb, it will fire. I am led to wonder, do these bulbs have an internal ignitor? It is the static electricity I create on the bulb to get it to fire. Or maybe I need a new capacitor for my ballast.

P.S. Danny, I'll get you the camera on Saturday. I just downloaded all the pics on it.

[RobinL]

Originally Posted by richtg

I have made a discovery, however. If I plug in my ballast (M58), and lightly run my fingers over the bulb, it will fire.
P.S. Danny, I'll get you the camera on Saturday.

I dont think Its wouldnt be a capacitor problem because I had a ballast that did have Cap problemand it just didnt fire the bulb any more and I had tried everything like yourself.
If you have a extra bulb or a buddy with a MH bulb try it and see if your Balast fires it.

But I definetly dont think you should have to baby the bulb to get it to fire.

[danny zubot]

We did try some switching around. In every scenario my setup fired right away and Rich's didn't. It is a balast problem that we will have to fix.

[RobinL]

Bummer, thats more $$ than a bulb.

[danny zubot]

I'm thinking of taking the balast to a place called Qick Grow here in Calgary. They have these identical balasts, maybe we take a peek at one's insides to help find a problem.

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by danny zubot

I'm thinking of taking the balast to a place called Qick Grow here in Calgary. They have these identical balasts, maybe we take a peek at one's insides to help find a problem.

I have one of those ballasts we got at Quickgrow. I think it is called Lightpro or something pro. It is a M57, and is made in China. I have had innumerable problems with it. I haave given up on those cheap ballasts, and run a couple of Ice Cap electronic ballasts, and have not looked back.