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04-23-2008, 06:46 PM
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| Newbie Seedling  
|  1000w MH Failure! Ok fella's, here's the skinny Bought this Hamilton Technology 1000w Metal Halide setup from my sister, complete with a spare bulb. Both bulbs (GE 1000 and Sunlux Ultra Ace 940) were succesfuly tested prior to my purchase. The ballast looks a bit old, there are some small rust spots on the case. She had used it for about 4 weeks and then had it stored in her garage(not sure how long). I set it up here and it worked great for an hour, but now won't fire either bulb. When I pop in the Sunlux the ballast makes a loud clicking noise.  The nice folks at Hamilton tell me it might be the capacitor, which only costs $33 from them. Any thoughts? Can I fit the ballast with a different brand capacitor of the same wattage? I'm long winded, I know. The ganj gets me paranoid. -Opera
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04-23-2008, 06:50 PM
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| Has many harvests BudMaster  
| If the capacitor has gone south that could very well be the issue. Stop trying to fire lamps with it before you damage the lamps!   On several sites you can find ballast rebuild kits, and that would be the way to go. IMO use the best materials you can find, as you depend on this ballast to do it's job, day after day. ISO
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04-23-2008, 11:58 PM
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| Has many harvests BudMaster   12 Babes of Christmas Champion!Tournaments Won: 2Location: somewhere in oregon
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| I would go with with ISO said. Good advice friend.
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04-24-2008, 12:58 AM
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| Has many harvests BudMaster
| You know, with it "popping" as you said, it could also very well be the igniter. What brand of ballast is it? Model #? There are several good sources for parts...replacing them in the ballast is not rocket science, but must be done correctly...there's a LOT of that damn juice running through those wires..  Try HERE for parts. ISO
__________________ The Essence of Compassion "Resolve to be tender with the young, Compassionate with the aged, Sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and wrong...... ...... because sometime in your life you have been guilty of all of these" . ATF x Purple Kush, Mango x Romulan, White Widow x Skunk#1, Purple Willie | ||||||||
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04-24-2008, 02:25 AM
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| Has many harvests BudMaster
| Looks like a good basic magnetic ballast...easy to work on, too. My money is still on the igniter...but without expensive test gear you'll have to change it out to find out. It's also the lower cost of the items that could be the issue. ISO
__________________ The Essence of Compassion "Resolve to be tender with the young, Compassionate with the aged, Sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and wrong...... ...... because sometime in your life you have been guilty of all of these" . ATF x Purple Kush, Mango x Romulan, White Widow x Skunk#1, Purple Willie | ||||||||
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04-24-2008, 05:26 AM
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| Newbie Seedling
| Well, since it's Metal Halide, there is no igniter. The only parts to a MH ballast are the capacitor and core, igniters are for HPS and pulse start MH. I'm not sure if a core will even go bad, its a big electromagnet. We will see, I'm going to give the company another call tomorrow. -Opera
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04-24-2008, 01:33 PM
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| Has many harvests BudMaster
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Interesting...I've seen many a digital igniter in my HPS ballasts...never thought about a MH that didn't use one. ISO
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