Coralvue Problems! Help...

[gooyferret]

I have 3 coralvue ballasts and 2 of them have gone bad. I purchased them about 2-3 years ago, but my setup was torn down and they were only used for about 8 months. When i originally bought them one went bad within the first month, they had me mail the bad one in and sent me a new one. Now after sitting in a box for 2 years i decided to setup my tank again. 2 are working fine and one smells like its on fire!

Model # of ballast: CV - 250110

These are electronic ballasts, what is the deal?

Has anyone else had these problems?

I bought them from Hellolights.com and am going to contact them on this issue. 2 ballast bad within an 8 month time of operation, not a good product.

How long do you think the other 2 that are working will last.....any guesses? LOL

If I buy new it wont be Coralvue unless they stepup and fix these.

 

[fordracing19]

I bought 2 250w mh ones last week and one was bad out of the box. They are dimmable. Quality control sucks.

 

[gooyferret]

This is ridiculous, I have read other forums and other people with the same results....Did you buy yours from Hellolights.com also?

 

[fordracing19]

I bought mine from lfs for a great price with lumenbright and Reflux 12k

 

[gooyferret]

Im thinking of just switching ballasts but they should be under warranty.....im going to contact coralvue for that.....wouldnt you think also?

 

[fordracing19]

Should have a 3 year warranty. Hope you saved the receipt.

 

[gooyferret]

Ya i dont have a reciept but im hoping that hellolights can have a record of when i bought it.....my point is that they might be older than 3 years not much, but i have only used them for 8 months outta the 3 years i have had them.......and still have that many problems!

 

[SWSaltwater]

Some of the older ones have fuses under the plug port. I would check that fuse first.

 

[grigsy]

I hear about way too many problems regarding Coralvue's electronic ballast.

You should contact Coralvue direct and see if they will help you if Hello Lights cannot.

Keep us posted.

 

[caseyjaydarling]

I've had mine for about 3 years and it still works fine. One thing I found is that there can't be too much cord in between the ballast and the pendant, and also if the ballast gets shut off, you have to wait 7 or 8 minutes before you restart it. Sorry yours doesn't work. Hope you get it figured out.