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06/12/2005, 05:24 PM
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Radium Bulb Problems
I've been having some problems keeping 400W Radiums running and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. There's six 400W Radiums and six 250W Radiums on the system and three of the 400W bulbs go off when the central air kicks on. They're all running on Bluewave 7 ballasts with Reef Optix I pendants. All of this equipment was bought new about a month and a half ago. The electric service has recently been upgraded and each dual ballast has it's own 20amp circuit. I have tried swapping out ballasts, pendants, the bulbs, and everytime I narrow things down it always seems to come back to the bulbs. Today I replaced all the 400W bulbs with a new set of 400W 14K Coralvue bulbs and they're running fine, no flicker or anything when the central air kicks on. But I would like to use the Radiums if I can figure out a way to get them to stay on. TIA for any help!
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08/29/2005, 10:33 AM
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Back from the dead...
Did you ever get this figured out? The same thing happens to me when I use the vacuum cleaner. I'm using a PFO HQI ballast to overdrive my 400w Radium.
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08/29/2005, 02:53 PM
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Unfortunately no, I did not. The Coralvue bulbs I was using shifted in color so now I have switched out all but two of the 400s (back to 400W Radiums) to 250W Radiums. Looking on the bright side the 250s are a little easier on my electric bill.
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08/30/2005, 02:29 PM
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Since each Dual Ballast has its own 20amp Fuse. I'm assuming that the breaker doesn't kick off when you AC comes on. Since each bulb will vary slightly with its input and running Amps, I would suggest taking a power meter and observe how many amps your ac is drawing when it comes on and how much load is on your breaker box before, during and after this happens. What is the bb max load? You may be experience a drag in Amps on the ballasts when the ac comes on thus causing the running amps to go below req. for the Radium bulbs thus causing the to go off. The other bulb may have a bigger variance (+/-) running amps that the Radium. Just a thought.
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10/16/2005, 07:45 AM
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Mine does the same thing. it is a PITA. I can't figure what is causing them to trip though. Doena't seem like there is anything else turning on and off to draw amps.
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