ballast Question

suznf · 06/07/2006, 05:06 PM

My MH ballast made a very strange grinding noise for about 2 seconds , it still works though. Should I be concerned about a fire hazard or other worry beyond it just stops working at some point in the future?
thanks, Suzn

poedag · 06/07/2006, 05:11 PM

any info on the ballast? type, maufacture, wattage, bulb...etc would help

szwab · 06/07/2006, 08:25 PM

sounds like it's a magnetic ballast.?
may be the begining of the end for it. I'd say it's probably the transformer going bad.

suznf · 06/08/2006, 07:13 AM

I'll have to find out more about type of ballast I have, it is just a year since purchased new. grrrrrrrr.

06/07/2006, 05:06 PM	#1
suznf Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: w. fletcher Posts: 96	ballast Question My MH ballast made a very strange grinding noise for about 2 seconds , it still works though. Should I be concerned about a fire hazard or other worry beyond it just stops working at some point in the future? thanks, Suzn

06/07/2006, 08:25 PM	#3
szwab RC Mod Join Date: May 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 15,225	sounds like it's a magnetic ballast.? may be the begining of the end for it. I'd say it's probably the transformer going bad. __________________ Mark "I got a fever, and the only prescription, is more cowbell" ~ Christopher Walken Current Tank Info: AGE 240 Flatback Hex

06/07/2006, 05:11 PM	#2
poedag Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 307	any info on the ballast? type, maufacture, wattage, bulb...etc would help

06/08/2006, 07:13 AM	#4
suznf Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: w. fletcher Posts: 96	I'll have to find out more about type of ballast I have, it is just a year since purchased new. grrrrrrrr.