Ballast issue

[British green]

Just a thought but have you still got both the old & new Sunmaster bulbs ?...if so take a look at the end caps on old & new, especially the soldered bit...are they the same or does the new one have less solder ?

Reason for asking is, I've noticed on a lot of commercial bulbs recently, the end cap has less solder meaning a less pronounced cap...this is more noticeable when you have screwed it in and it does not make contact with the copper leaf in the fitting hence no worky light...

If this is the case, unplug your light fitting from the ballast and very slightly pull the copper leaf upwards with a pair of pliers or similar, then try your bulbs again...

Is only reason I can see for new ones not working but old ones do still...

And yeah I understand you've now bought new ballasts...so I apologise now if this works

If it doesn't then...well, you have new ballasts now

If he's kept the shade and just replaced the ballast this information would be golden AND
It's quite probable that the fitting has gotten used to the old lamp and the copper leaf has no spring tension left


in a green and pleasant land

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If he's kept the shade and just replaced the ballast this information would be golden AND
It's quite probable that the fitting has gotten used to the old lamp and the copper leaf has no spring tension left


in a green and pleasant land

Lets hope for my sake, he did...I love golden

I made the assumption based on the fact that Bucket just mentions ballasts & bulbs

[British green]

Lets hope for my sake, he did...I love golden

I made the assumption based on the fact that Bucket just mentions ballasts & bulbs

Ballast can't be broken if it's running a lamp but not the next lamp that was my assumption. Didn't even think about the fitting but what ya saying makes complete sense


in a green and pleasant land

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Ballast can't be broken if it's running a lamp but not the next lamp that was my assumption. Didn't even think about the fitting but what ya saying makes complete sense


in a green and pleasant land

I have these moments

Admittedly I missed the thread...will be slightly annoyed if it was the issue...

[WF420]

But hes said that with the Lumatek ballasts the bulbs light up straight away

I could easily be wrong but if hes using the same shades surely replacing the ballast wouldnt make a difference?

[Hippy Crack]

Some bulbs are digital ready and some aren’t, and some ballasts have more safety features than others when they start up and if one of these fails for any known reasons then your bulb won’t light up. ( or so I was told by the guys at the grow shop)
I had the very same problem a few years back with sunmaster bulbs with a solis-tek ballast I had.

I bought a cheaper omega digital ballast and it doesn’t have this problem and works spot on with all bulbs.

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But hes said that with the Lumatek ballasts the bulbs light up straight away

I could easily be wrong but if hes using the same shades surely replacing the ballast wouldnt make a difference?

He did and its a good point, the Lumatek's might have the same prominent cap as the old Sunmasters though, its only certain bulbs that have this reduction in solder on the cap...guessing its a cost cutting measure as I've seen it across manufacturers

[British green]

He did and its a good point, the Lumatek's might have the same prominent cap as the old Sunmasters though, its only certain bulbs that have this reduction in solder on the cap...guessing its a cost cutting measure as I've seen it across manufacturers

0.5 gram across 500,000 lamps they making a saving but like most peeps cutting corners in reality


in a green and pleasant land

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0.5 gram across 500,000 lamps they making a saving but like most peeps cutting corners in reality


in a green and pleasant land

Looks good on paper...accountant is happy...company has done xx to drop carbon footprint...government is happy...customer is not entered into the equation...x amount are expected to fail anyway

Majority of grow bulbs are made by the main manufacturers anyway...using shell companies as they don't want their good name tarnished with weed logos...

[British green]

It's the way the world is turning and peeps like me and you become dinosaurs but become more needed


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