AgHhH!! Ballast question . . . YaY!!

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Tangman

As for the problems , the bulb has to " burn in " along time before it fires up right away ,like about a weeks worth of 8 to 10 hours a day. Mine did the same thing as your are doing , and after repairing some patched together wiring, and some other problems.... and along burn in time , they fire up right away. in the mean time good luck!
if you want you could PM me with your phone number and I will call you with the whole story...

the burn in time has nothing to do with how fast the bulb will fire up, but rather is the initial shift in the bulb output and color. (for what it is worth testing 10 new bulbs now has convinced me that the burn in time is barly noticable and nothing to be concerned with.

your wiring repairs and "other problems" is what was giving you your greef. but this is good that some one has experiance with the repairs on hamilton product to help find the problem if there customer service is lacking. was yours the HQI also? and what did you have to fix in it? I know there are a lot of people that are wiring in the capacitor on the HQI wrong as the are assuming it works the same way as a standard ballast. I know it had me all confused when I built my HQI lighting.

Steve