[BubbleMonkeyIII]

Never lied to the guy, as far as I was concernd about the light working, but i will agree in retrospect the "BRAND NEW" was misleading.. But, indeed the light was new, never used on a tank barely even turned on.

REFURB AS IS would have been a better choice of words.. I wouldnt have hesitated to say that in the ad. I have sold HUNDREDS of products and never been PURPOSELY decietful. And when I realized it I tried to make it RIGHT.

The light worked perfectly and was a good deal as far as I was concerned from the Knowlege I had everything was working fine.

His biggest contention with the deal was about the T5 wire being broken in there saying the T5s could have NEVER worked. But they worked for me the last time I had power to them? Could that wire have broken afterwards? Certainly, its also possible he BROKE it off finally when he was messing with it.

Read what I said, I fired up the light BEFORE I ever opened anything to see if the thing even worked. Ran it for 5 min. EVERYTHING worked FINE.

But, When It arrived I Noticed the T5s were loose in there, off the mounting brackets had fallen to one end but still seemed connected, so had to open it up to re mount them to the holders (wouldnt have opned it otherwise) and re attach them (the possible cause of the broken t5 wire later he found it was frayed?)

Disconnected the ballast and opend it up to fix the T5s loose in there. Reconnected them to the mounting brackets, saw NO other wires loose around them. Was bout to close it up when I noticed a wire extending out of one of the incoming POWER wires. IT was sticking oddly into the fixture like a screw had hit it or something (i hadnt opened it before) it was where the screws go in and I was like ***?

Couldnt see any other wires in there loose figured they half azzed grounded that wire or something. Then realized that another WIRE a large WHITE one was loose and buried under OTHER wires. Not knowing which light this powered up I CAREFULLY powered back up the light with THESE two wires apart as to not short on the case or each other (incase they didnt belong together).. ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON FINE AGIAN except ONE HALIDE.

When this happend, I went back to the ballast to UNPLUGG and turn everythign off, thats when THE CASE ARCED on my finger. So I disconnected everything spliced and soldered the broken HQI wire and closed it up. Threw the ballast away that same day.

I never connected ANY ballast to it after the repair, and in retrospect I should have wired up the BWVII, to test it. But I didnt. then that thing would be USeD as well. It was a simple repair that probably DOES WORK, but as Borgey admits he never tried it. That part of the deal I dont dispute I was wrong not to mention that wire to him, but it was repaired and would work as far as I was concerned. And probably does to be honest

thats how it happend believe it or not! hahaha