Mh lighting help.
 

Damn lights are kicking my butt. My single end 250 watt started acting up. Bulb would flicker for a few seconds , but wouldn't fire. 3 month old giesman bulb. $ 120 bulb . I thought ok , replace it. bought a new bulb. Fired up for 15 minutes than quit. Ice cap pendant and ballast May be two years of use. everything had been running great. DO ballast go bad ? It is mounted on my wall .well vented . Not getting hot or other issues that I can see. Any way to test a ballast? My reefbrite led ballast also went bad . Bought another unit. Same model and make. The adapters don't fit. Looks like reefbrite rigged up the plugs. Is there anywhere in rochester I can go to buy adapters or connector? I have zero lights working at the moment.

Check the grounds

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Electricaly illiterate . One fat cord runs the whole show .to the metal halide. Tried plugging into the outlet directly. Same thing, 15 minutes than nada

Not sure if it applies to electronic ballasts but I replaced the capacitors in my magnetic ballast years ago. It was relatively easy and inexpensive compared to buying a new ballast. You could also call icecap.

What type of ballast? They do go bad eventually (though 2 years would be a pretty short lifespan). Make sure your ballast type and bulb type are compatible.

Icecap electronic ballast . It has run great. little bit of research seems to indicate they go bad. Guess they were good about replacement . Not sure what's up now that they were bought out. I'm going to borrow a ballast and see if that solves the issue.