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    dear all, i have a i/cap 660 and are at the moment running 4* T8 tubes on it .The trouble is when changing bulbs,sometimes it can take hours before i can get all 4 to light up[pulling out ones hair].Are pc and there endcaps easier to use or are they a pain in the arse too.I was thinking of changing to 2*10,000k and 2*actinics.would this work ok.ramman[England].

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    Hey ranman,

    I don't have a lot of experience with the PC's, as I prefer VHO, but I think your problem lies in the endcaps. Have you tried getting new ones?

    Like I said, I don't know too much about the PC's...but it seems more people have problems with those breaking, and not working than with the VHO. Lets bring this thread up and see if someone else can reply for ya.

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    From IceCap:
    Ramman, sounds like you have un-mounted endcaps. There's an Ohm-meter test from the end of the harness that takes away the mystery and tells you if you have continuity before trying the ballast. We sent this as a recent reply to a similar problem:

    "First, just slide the lamps into the slots in the end cap and rotate the lamp until a click is heard. Make sure the end caps are mounted. If not mounted it will be extremely difficult to seat the lamps properly. Now to make double sure all connections are proper, you can do a continuity test requiring an ohm-meter. With all lamps installed, disconnect the harness plug from the ballast. Using the ohm-meter, take a continuity reading between each pair of colored wires at the harness plug. Ohm out the 2 red wires, 2 blue and so forth. On each pair of colored wires you want to see a reading of 10 ohms or less which shows a complete circuit. Any extremely high reading shows an incomplete circuit or a circuit with high resistance. This will cause the lamps to attempt to come on and the ballast protection circuit will kick in and shut it down. This is a highly effective method of insuring all lamps are installed properly."
    Andy


 

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