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04-25-2012, 12:35 AM

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I forgot to add that one bulb of the two on the dysfunctional ballast tries to light for about a second but then nothing.

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04-25-2012, 12:53 AM

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Dead ballast. It was likely about to die, then you moved it around, shook it up etc. and killed it.

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04-25-2012, 01:06 AM

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Sucks, the thing was supposed to be less than 100 hrs old.

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