Ballast Help

srdnaty · 2nd February 2005, 08:15 PM

turned on my ballast and i heard a humming for a second but nohting happened so i tried tighting conenctions and turning it back on and nothing... i heard the humming the first time i tried but i didnt hear it when i turned it back on 2 times after... does this mean my ballast is broken or the lamp?

ace3000_1 · 2nd February 2005, 08:32 PM

Do you have an ignitor?

Trev

srdnaty · 2nd February 2005, 08:33 PM

no...

ace3000_1 · 2nd February 2005, 08:37 PM

I better ask first, what type of lamp are you running? metal Halide?

Trev

srdnaty · 2nd February 2005, 08:42 PM

yup w/ an icecap electric balast... 250w

ace3000_1 · 2nd February 2005, 09:22 PM

Hmmm sounds like either a dead bulb or ballast to me, the Ice Cap electronic has the ignitor built in. Id say its more then likley the bulb.

Are you sure you have the wires around the right way?

Trev

srdnaty · 2nd February 2005, 09:25 PM

how can you wire it wrong... green on green black on black... what do you mean wires around the right way

2nd February 2005, 08:15 PM	#1
srdnaty diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: adfsdfasdf	Ballast Help turned on my ballast and i heard a humming for a second but nohting happened so i tried tighting conenctions and turning it back on and nothing... i heard the humming the first time i tried but i didnt hear it when i turned it back on 2 times after... does this mean my ballast is broken or the lamp?

2nd February 2005, 08:32 PM	#2
ace3000_1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: spain	Do you have an ignitor? Trev __________________ "Every technique can be used in a great many ways, but mastering it, thats what realy counts."

2nd February 2005, 08:37 PM	#4
ace3000_1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: spain	I better ask first, what type of lamp are you running? metal Halide? Trev __________________ "Every technique can be used in a great many ways, but mastering it, thats what realy counts."

2nd February 2005, 09:22 PM	#6
ace3000_1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: spain	Hmmm sounds like either a dead bulb or ballast to me, the Ice Cap electronic has the ignitor built in. Id say its more then likley the bulb. Are you sure you have the wires around the right way? Trev __________________ "Every technique can be used in a great many ways, but mastering it, thats what realy counts."

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2nd February 2005, 08:33 PM	#3
srdnaty diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: adfsdfasdf	no...

2nd February 2005, 08:42 PM	#5
srdnaty diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: adfsdfasdf	yup w/ an icecap electric balast... 250w

2nd February 2005, 09:25 PM	#7
srdnaty diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: adfsdfasdf	how can you wire it wrong... green on green black on black... what do you mean wires around the right way

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