Lumlux Digital Balllast

[bignose007]

Hi all, I just bought a new Lumlux 600watt digital ballast from ebay and they said it would run any HPS I wished to put in it, I put a 600w Phillips HPS in that I had and it started up then turned off within a minute. I waited for about 5 mins but nothing else happened so I put the old ballast back in and the lamp works fine.

Has anybody got any info on what lamp I am supposed to run etc. any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

[Samurai]

hey bn007

no expert and may sound like silly Q but check the stamp on bulb if there is a

h :horizontal

v; vertical

u; universal (works both h and v)

 

 

as i have recently gone from coil ballast to newgen digi ballast with the same bulb as you and no probs at all,

so unless ya changed bulb position (H to V or V to H ) witch i doubt, and ya havnt been sent a 400w ballast by mistake ( always possible on ebay)and the bulb works fine in coil ballast

id guess its the digi ballast do you have another bulb to try or did ya use two diff lamp leads :scratchin:last resort ring a hydro shop or a lumlux rep in oz and rack their brains i cant think of anything else hope its helped a little

happy solutions to ya mate...HM

ps when ya get it sorted ,it will be worth it ,i love me digi ballast best coin iv spent

[AvaDGardner]

I read somehwere that some digital ballasts have aproblem firing a new bulb for the first time and exactly what happened to you will happen.After 2 minutes it switches off,however when it does fire it up it will continue to do so consecutive times.Its only the first time on a new bulb for some reason.I would suggest trying it again.If not take the bulb back and get another.