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Old 12/18/2004, 11:58 PM
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VHO Balast probs

my ballast for my VHO's just shut off for no reason. its a magnetic ballast for 2 95 watt bulbs and it runs blazing hot (over 120f). it wont turn back on any ideas? the bulbs have only burned for about 72 hours MAX

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Old 12/19/2004, 12:44 AM
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so now it works which can only mean one thing. I'm over heating it so now i get to fab up some sort of heatsink
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Old 12/25/2004, 02:14 AM
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new problem the ulbs I had running for about 2 weeks are burnt out already ***??? culd it be cheap bulbs? should I actually buy the good URI's
 


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