DoctaReefer Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Question, I have a Coralife HQI fixture that runs a 150w bulb. My new ballast is a Coral Vue 175W non-switchable. With everything I thought I knew about electricity tells me the bulb will only take what it needs, or am I wrong on that? I was justing wondering if that could be the problem with my bulb flickering and being washed out, it seems to have also washed out some of my Coraline. Link to comment
StaghornE Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I run a 150 pheonix hqi on a coralvue 175 balast. The specs say that its ok, and I've never had a problem. good luck Link to comment
DoctaReefer Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 I run a 150 pheonix hqi on a coralvue 175 balast. The specs say that its ok, and I've never had a problem. good luck I also have the exact same bulb and it flickers now that I put it on a electronic ballast. How did you wire yours up? I soldered my connections then wrapped it in electrical tape. The bulb had been running on the stock magnetic ballast so I wonder if it messed up it I had it running on that ballast for about 3 1/2 months. Link to comment
StaghornE Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 You should be able to cut the ends of the wires coming out of your fixture and the ones coming out of your balast put a female cord end on the balast cord and a mail cord end (plug) on your fixture cord and then just plug them together. Ive done this with about 3 balasts and never had a problem. Link to comment
DoctaReefer Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 You should be able to cut the ends of the wires coming out of your fixture and the ones coming out of your balast put a female cord end on the balast cord and a mail cord end (plug) on your fixture cord and then just plug them together. Ive done this with about 3 balasts and never had a problem. That's what I did, it must be a defective ballast does your CoralVue have a switch or fan on it? I ordered this one from my LFS and I saw the ones online that have the switch and fans i'm wondering if I have a old model Link to comment
StaghornE Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 No switch no fan. It's been running for about 8 months now. Do you have an old lamp you can test and see if it flickers too? Link to comment
DoctaReefer Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 No switch no fan. It's been running for about 8 months now. Do you have an old lamp you can test and see if it flickers too? Well it didn't seem to flicker as much on my stock bulb. I did however get a brand new Giesmann bulb and took back all three of them because they flickered. My phoenix bulb didn't flicker as much if at all but the color looks washed out I wonder if its just the bulb, I have taken it out many times and I always make sure it's free of oily fingerprints. I just wonder if me taking it out so many times has contributed to it looking this way. Well it didn't seem to flicker as much on my stock bulb. I did however get a brand new Giesmann bulb and took back all three of them because they flickered. My phoenix bulb didn't flicker as much if at all but the color looks washed out I wonder if its just the bulb, I have taken it out many times and I always make sure it's free of oily fingerprints. I just wonder if me taking it out so many times has contributed to it looking this way. There are a lot of cords around my ballast and connections, I wonder if it's possible it's getting electrical interference? Link to comment
StaghornE Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I don't know. You can probably get a cheap filter to snap on the cord if it is interference. I'm no electrician but your balast must have a problem. Thans my guess. Good luck buddy. Link to comment
DoctaReefer Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 I don't know. You can probably get a cheap filter to snap on the cord if it is interference. I'm no electrician but your balast must have a problem. Thans my guess. Good luck buddy. Thanks lol Link to comment
Formula462 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Man I'm real sorry about your fish/ tank in general. But thanks to the wonder of rigged gift card contests, the cost of new sand and liverock should be about covered. Link to comment
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