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Hi folks,
Well, I FINALLY got my electronic ballast, Yippee!! . It's only been 5 years since I said I would get one :lol:. At any rate, I ordered one and it arrived today . You must forgive my laughs and grins, I am just so excited, I got the ballast and three new bulbs today, it is like Christmas with presents
It is an icecap 250 electronic ballast. I bought it with the PFO converter plug, wired it up (correctly as far as I know), plugged it in and here is the weird thing. It did not start the bulb right away, but first it started singing and whistling (quite loud). Then the bulb pulsed/flickered, the ballast whistled some more (a total of about 10-12 seconds) and then it went silent and proceeded to operate as expected, no more surprises.
Oh, and now that the ballast is silent, the bulb is buzzing :lol:
Has anyone else experienced this, is it normal or does any of it need to be returned? Both the bulb and the ballast are brand new, the bulb is an XM 15,000K and they were purchased at Marine Depot.
Thanks in advance for advice
Well, I FINALLY got my electronic ballast, Yippee!! . It's only been 5 years since I said I would get one :lol:. At any rate, I ordered one and it arrived today . You must forgive my laughs and grins, I am just so excited, I got the ballast and three new bulbs today, it is like Christmas with presents
It is an icecap 250 electronic ballast. I bought it with the PFO converter plug, wired it up (correctly as far as I know), plugged it in and here is the weird thing. It did not start the bulb right away, but first it started singing and whistling (quite loud). Then the bulb pulsed/flickered, the ballast whistled some more (a total of about 10-12 seconds) and then it went silent and proceeded to operate as expected, no more surprises.
Oh, and now that the ballast is silent, the bulb is buzzing :lol:
Has anyone else experienced this, is it normal or does any of it need to be returned? Both the bulb and the ballast are brand new, the bulb is an XM 15,000K and they were purchased at Marine Depot.
Thanks in advance for advice
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