150w Hamilton Reefstar

brandon

New Member
Hey Guys

just wonder, did anyone ever have one of these pendants and ballasts?

i have one over my nanocube 12 right now, and sometimes it has trouble lighting up, like the bulb will flicker, or be REALLY REALLY dim and not actually fire up....

is there a problem with something?

Thanks
Brandon
 
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Anonymous

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some ballast/bulb combos are known to have trouble firing (compatability issues) but generally that is with mag ballasts not HQI DE - i would contact them and see what they say
cool lightset BTW, hope you figuer it out
oh yea - i'm sure your aware but just in case, that is a lot of light on a 12 be sure to hang it really high and acclimate VERY slowly
 

brandon

New Member
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Its never too much light john =P

haha, i did/am acclimating slowly

I called them yesterday and they told me this was normal for new bulbs....
they called it a burn in period and should be working fine in a few days....
 

reefman23

New Member
I had a reefstar and that never happened to me. However, it would take a good 5 min before the lamp would reach 100% lit. that is the HQI ballast. Are you running the Hamilton lamp that it came with? What temp lamp?

Jesse
 
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