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serpentman
01/17/2009, 02:17 PM
Sorry for all the newb questions.

I am not 100% sure I understand the max change statement so I wanted to double check before including them.

In the event of a power outage, I would like to allow my MH 10min before attempting to restrike them. Can someone share their code for accomplishing this?

d0ughb0y
01/18/2009, 01:59 AM
If you have a decent ballast, you do not need any of that, just let the AC power up the MH, the ballast knows better when to actually fire up the bulb. I don't use max change for my MH anymore, and it works just fine, the MH light won't come on until after 8 minutes or so since it was turned off. Max change introduces other unexpected side effects, like placing your device in UNK state.

rbd0331
01/20/2009, 05:37 PM
If Power 010 Then MH1 OFF

This statement will keep the MH1 (in my case Metal Halide 1) off for 8 minutes after power restored. That should do it for ya.

rbd0331
01/20/2009, 05:39 PM
Oppps....

I meant it should keep them off for 10 mins....not 8.