where does the starter go?

[eight2178]

i have a lighting system which has 1 175mh 10k and 2 36" 30 watt blue actinics...the blues havent been turning on....it's like they want too, i know the bulbs are still good, they're only about 2.5 mos. old....it seems like they just don't have enough juice to turn on....everyone has told me to try new "starters" i went to my lfs and bought 2 of them....i unassembled the fixture and cant find where to change out the starters....any ideas? if you want, i can take/post pics of the set up if it will help....

 

[pbuck]

The starters are found on Normal Output Flourescent bulbs. The starters are usually white cylinders usually about half the size of a 35mm film canister. Sometimes they have a small hole in the top of them and you can see a spark when the unit is being turned on. If you ever take the starters out you will notice that they have 2 metal pieces sticking out from the end that was placed in the light fixture. I would check that they are still connected and then check all of the other connections before doing anything other than buying new starters (because they are so cheap).