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mozartkt
Mon, 26th Jun 2006, 10:04 PM
I currently have an issue with my lights - they turn off after being on for 20-30 minutes or so. The light is an Odyssea (I know all about Odssea/Jebo, etc and their reputation...) dual 2-65 watt 12,000K and actinic 21" with 2 lunar lights. It has 2 fans - one of which went out the other day and was replaced. The actinic is a bit black. Does anybody know if it's the light that needs to be replaced - it's about a year old or is it the ballast?
Thanks!
subber
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 12:14 AM
Do they both go out or just one???
Richard
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 02:26 AM
Perhaps it is just overheating with one fan not working.
mozartkt
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 07:56 AM
Both of the lights go out (at the same time) and the fan was replaced so they are not overheating. Any ideas?!?!?!
SBreef
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 08:58 AM
Sounds to me like you have a thermal cutoff problem with the ballast.
How old is the unit?
mozartkt
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 09:01 AM
It is a little over one year old
SBreef
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 09:47 AM
Sounds like a bad ballast to me. All ballasts, transformers or anything that produces heat have thermal cutoffs. Sometimes they are resetable, sometimes they are like fuses.
Jeff
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 11:48 AM
check out this thread for a new ballast. http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=19826
mozartkt
Tue, 27th Jun 2006, 04:51 PM
I'll check out the thread and the website - sounds like you went through this same thing...thanks!