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cjps67
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Post by cjps67 »

Hello,
can someone tell me what the deal with my bulb is.The bulb will light up and run fine for a while then all of a sudden it just goes out.I change wiring to other ballast and still same thing.What would cause this.
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Post by Scott »

It could be a loose connection in the bulb.
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Post by Phisher »

Certain brands work better with certain types of ballasts. I use to have that problem when I switched to Ushios. It would light for a bit then go out only to light again in a minute.

Or it may be a bad bulb/ballast. Also if you do not have steady voltage mh bulbs will act weird.

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