Ballast Making a LOUD "crack" Sound

[Closet Grower]

My wardrobe is in my bedroom , as it should be , Anyway after it's been off for a little while , the Ballast makes a loud crack noise and it scares the shit out of me , sometimes it will do it again after the first one about 1/2 an hr later . Any ideas ? Could it be the capacitor discharging ?

 

Cheers

CG

[SukonmiSkunk]

could be just cooling down.. but I would say if its a new sound that hasn't happened in the past then it could be time for a new ballast...

 

id be getting a new one as a spare anyways.. in case this one does blow up...

[Stoney]

and i would also be wearing ya protective armadilla safety hat while in ya bedroom at all times as ballast shrapnel can be nasty

 

but hey if ya get a chance where ya can disconnect it for a day take it down to the hydro shop they should be able to have a good look at it for ya

 

cheerz :Dj:

[Frazz]

and i would also be wearing ya protective armadilla safety hat while in ya bedroom at all times

LMFAO ... does that mean whilst in bed too ?

 

[Stoney]

well thats a really good question we have to look at a few things to answer that

 

firstly is your bed within range of the ballast shrapnel an ordinary non nuclea 400w ballast has a blast range of between 4-5m so if your bed is out of that proximity then you should be fine

 

so in that case you will not need your armadilla hat just your tin foil beany as this will keep up your protection against those pesky mind readers and possible mind control divices

 

AFBD

 

cheerz :Dj:

[Closet Grower]

Fucking funny guys But is does sound like a gun going off

[postman]

As a matter of safety, you should wear your AFDB at all times since you never know when or where psychotronic signals will reach you. (Users of MindGuard are safe if they choose to be beanieless within its range but it would still be advisable to wear one; you never know when there will be a power failure.) Do not remove your AFDB before going to bed! When people are sleeping they are very vulnerable to mind control and need all the protection they can get.

 

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/usage.html

[smoke p]

im already lost

[Gazza2001au]

remove the cover and run the control box for a day if the noise still happens replace the control box sounds like something is expanding/shrinking making the noise it could be a few things but best to replace if its not the cover