Dead Lights (not the ship kind)

[rickt4du]

I just got home with my new power compacts, hook them up, and dad-gum-it..one of the ballasts is bad...i paid extra for next day shipping and now i have to wait til monday to even gripe about it. Took all the fun out of spending $400 too.
...rick

 

[sefo]

Don't worry I got some hammilton MH fixture and after I paid for them all I got today was my ballast, and one 175w mh bulb, UPS sent the fixture elsewhere now I have to wait till monday too.

 

[sefo]

by the way this is what I got
2 - 48" 40 Watt Fluorescent Fixtures "plus 3 extra"
2 - 175 Watt Metal Halide Fixtures "plus 1 extra"
Remote ventilated, enclosed ballast w/10'Cord
UV stabilized absorbing lens
Aluminum fixture (painted black) 48"X11.75"X6.5"
Fan cooled hood
Spare dual T12/T10 40W Ballast
Quick disconnect A/C
Independent on/off switch for Fluorescent & Metal Halide lighting
my question is can I use american and euro bulbs on my fixture or I'm stock with one type, I read somewhere that they are different "the conector"
and I only paid $525.00 for the whole thing

 

[broomer5]

Rick, I know exactly how ya feel.
When I got my PC lighting delivered I was so excited to light the tank up with the (4) 55 watt PC's. Was supposed to be able to control the daylights and actinic blues independently, but when I turned on the first switch, half the tank lit up blue, and other switch controlled the other half of the light fixture daylights. Just took a little re-wiring but geez .....
Good luck !
Brian