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Old 01/09/2008, 11:17 AM
vareefer4life vareefer4life is offline
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Unhappy Help! Light fell into tank!!

Yep, daughter was playing and hit the light which I had balanced on the tank until I could get it mounted into the hood. Knocking it into the tank. Wife calls me at work and says it is smoking and not lit. What a way to start the day! Went home and sure enough, light still has water in the housing! Anyways, dried it out the best I could and pluggd it in. Sounded like electric sparks inside but would not light up. Any ideas as to what I should do? I just got this light so I would like to fix it if at all possible. It is a Current PC with moonlight and fans. Moonlight and fans work, pcs don't right now. Please help. Do I need to change the ballasts or just let it fully dry out and it should be ok?
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Old 01/09/2008, 11:21 AM
A.T.T.R A.T.T.R is offline
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well most likely plugging it in broke it.

alot of times you can dry it for about a week and it will still work.


but in this case.. replace the ballast.

you got pm
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