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    Posted: March 10 2003 at 11:01am

I just got a "Advance Ballast" ballast for a 175 w bulb.  And pluged everything in and my light goes off after the warm up.  I know the light and ballast worked when I purchased them cause we tested it.  So I'm wondering if my old houses wiring could be the problem or if I just have too much juice running to that one outlet in the house. 

Dose anyone know what would cause my lights to do this?  Flickering off affter they warm up
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It's the bulb more than likely.  One of my 250s did the same thing for the first 3 months I had it.  After re-firing several times it would eventually come on and stay lit.  I checked with the seller about this behavior and they said it happens sometimes and should go away after the bulb is burnt in.  I was told this was about 80 hours but like I said, it took mine 3 months...

Does the bulb eventually come on?  If it never comes on I'd get a replacement bulb to make sure that's the problem...
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What brand of bulb is it?  Some bulbs require a pulse start ballast instead of a probe start. 
Kevin Kunz (Sandy, UT)
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ahhh no, hey tell me if you can't get it to work.  It worked perfect before I unhooked it to come to the meeting.  Try to let it run for a while, since its a new bulb, also I never tried on of those 5500K's in there only 10000 and 12000 (yuck).  Didn't you get more than one bulb?  I know sometimes the bulb has to burn in a little before it fires right. 
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All is fine.  I tried leaving it alone and letting it go off and on for a while and it finally came on and stayed on.  It must have been the new bulbs.    Thanks for everybody's help.
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