[lardy1912]

hi guys 1 of my ballast is not working, had a burning smell coming from it! Does anyone know of anybody that can take a look at it? My mob number is 07772716452. Cheers matt

[chriss]

What sort of lighting, halide or t5?
What brand?

If it's an 'electronic' halide ballast, pretty much unrepairable. Magnetic halide or T5 units are pretty easy to diagnose and repair.

Post a photo of the ballast/starter unit and if you can take the cover off and post a photo of the internals that'll help too, thats assuming it is the ballast/starter causing the problem.

Chris

[lardy1912]

well that 1 was not fixable so now got a coralvue, set it up and bang, elctric trips out!! now angry and wanting to know why it has tripped my electric any ideas anyone?

[chriss]

Firstly, if i remember correctly, the coralvue ballasts have american colored wiring, double check it's been wired correctly, I don't think the lamp end makes much difference, but I go for "live" to the centre pin of the lamp. Use google to check the colors. Other than that, it's a process of elimination to check there are no shorts or anything. It sounds like something is wrong on the lamp side which may have led to the demise of the original ballast - maybe?

Chris

[lardy1912]

i'll try a couple things today, with regards to earthing do some of you earth to the reflector? not sure what else i can try as have it all wired correctly, good old google for that but finding it frustrating now!