Ballast not igniting bulbs

[sailfintang]

Recently I had a mag 9.5 blow up in my sump and since then my ice cap 250w ballasts will not ignite bulbs. I have emailed them for repair of my new style ballast but my old style is out of warranty I am pretty sure. Does anyone know any way to repair these? Thanks.

 

[cobbobby]

They should repair the old one's. I think its around 60bux to. You can buy a new vertex for around 80-90bux at the moment.

 

[sailfintang]

I read something about replacing a fuse in them but have no clue what to look for?

 

[sailfintang]

Bump^

 

[grigsy]

You should check with Ice Cap in their forum. Being that you are in Baltimore, if you had to return the ballast for repair, they are only a day away from you by UPS ground.

 

[Entropy]

When you say "blow up" do you mean it tripped the breaker/GFIC or do you have a controller? I can't see a pump (no matter what it did) taking out two electronic ballasts. They are pretty sturdy IME. Have you tried them on a different outlet in your house?

 

[sailfintang]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15665531#post15665531 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Entropy
When you say "blow up" do you mean it tripped the breaker/GFIC or do you have a controller? I can't see a pump (no matter what it did) taking out two electronic ballasts. They are pretty sturdy IME. Have you tried them on a different outlet in your house?

The pump was on a surge protector it blew causing smoke and melting plastic smell. My ballasts no longer sound as if they kick on with the slight hum. I have posted in the Ice Cap forum rewired and tested the ballasts on different bulbs, outlets, and moguls all with failed results. Guess i will just need to send them in for repair/replacement.