Spartanman22
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I'm having an issue with my combo halide/T5 fixture. I recently installed a frag tank next to my DT. I switched my kessil A350 over to the frag tank and put my old halide/T5 fixture over the DT.
All electrical is run through my RKE which is all plugged into a American DJ power strip which is plugged into a single outlet.
My problem is now that I've got the halide running, it won't stay on. It's a 250 watt driven by a lumantek e-ballast. The bulbs fires up and warms up but once it reaches peak intensity it shuts off. From my understanding of the lumantek e-ballast it adjusts the wattage to the bulb as it is firing up. So once the bulb is fully fired up it is pulling the most wattage and therefore using the maximum power available to light the bulb. So when it shuts off at this point is it simply because I am overloading that outlet?
When I initially set it up I had both fixtures and all electrical running normally for about a day before this issue started.
All electrical is run through my RKE which is all plugged into a American DJ power strip which is plugged into a single outlet.
My problem is now that I've got the halide running, it won't stay on. It's a 250 watt driven by a lumantek e-ballast. The bulbs fires up and warms up but once it reaches peak intensity it shuts off. From my understanding of the lumantek e-ballast it adjusts the wattage to the bulb as it is firing up. So once the bulb is fully fired up it is pulling the most wattage and therefore using the maximum power available to light the bulb. So when it shuts off at this point is it simply because I am overloading that outlet?
When I initially set it up I had both fixtures and all electrical running normally for about a day before this issue started.