PowerCompact Actinic Lighting .... plz enlighten me

eddified · 02/04/2007, 01:12 AM

so i just noticed my pc actinic lighting in my aquapod 24 hooding is not lit...so i pulled it out and put it back in..in hopes it was something else but still am unsure because when ever i do flip the switch where the actinic light is it does light up for a brief moment....perhaps a couple blinks of an eye then just goes back out....everytime i flip the switch......now is this normal behavior for a pc light to have once it burnt out? or does the fact that the light does briefly come on and off during the initial switch mean it maybe something else wrong? ive tried swapping the lights to make sure its not any of the sockets or anything else and the actinic one seems to do the same thing on either slot...i dont know much about pc lighting the i do know with regular household bulbs once tehere out theyre usually totally out not showing any signs of life again....i dunno any help or advice would be appreciated

bertoni · 02/04/2007, 02:30 AM

That sounds like a loose connection or a bad ballast. I'd probably get another bulb and see how it does. Loose connections always make me worry about fires.

Icefire · 02/04/2007, 02:33 AM

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ive tried swapping the lights to make sure its not any of the sockets or anything else and the actinic one seems to do the same thing on either slot

Bulb is dead, quite simple

eddified · 02/04/2007, 06:22 AM

ye i was thinkin it was dead too but is that normal for it still briefly come on before it goes out again? is that still considered a dead bulb? or burnt out or simply a faulty one meaning like a defect or some sort...anyone out there know of any good site where i can get a 40w pc actinic for cheap?

02/04/2007, 01:12 AM	#1
eddified Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 88	PowerCompact Actinic Lighting .... plz enlighten me so i just noticed my pc actinic lighting in my aquapod 24 hooding is not lit...so i pulled it out and put it back in..in hopes it was something else but still am unsure because when ever i do flip the switch where the actinic light is it does light up for a brief moment....perhaps a couple blinks of an eye then just goes back out....everytime i flip the switch......now is this normal behavior for a pc light to have once it burnt out? or does the fact that the light does briefly come on and off during the initial switch mean it maybe something else wrong? ive tried swapping the lights to make sure its not any of the sockets or anything else and the actinic one seems to do the same thing on either slot...i dont know much about pc lighting the i do know with regular household bulbs once tehere out theyre usually totally out not showing any signs of life again....i dunno any help or advice would be appreciated

02/04/2007, 02:30 AM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	That sounds like a loose connection or a bad ballast. I'd probably get another bulb and see how it does. Loose connections always make me worry about fires. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

02/04/2007, 06:22 AM	#4
eddified Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 88	ye i was thinkin it was dead too but is that normal for it still briefly come on before it goes out again? is that still considered a dead bulb? or burnt out or simply a faulty one meaning like a defect or some sort...anyone out there know of any good site where i can get a 40w pc actinic for cheap?