Help with T5 retro wiring

jacksonpt

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Short story...

I wired up a T5 retro kit this morning (basic wiring and waterproof caps, Phillips advance ballast, ATI bulbs)... Plugged it in to test, I hear the ballast kick on, the bulb lights, but after about a half second it turns off.

Suggestions/ideas?



Complete story...

I've been using a 4 bulb Hamilton retro kit for about 3 years now... Recently one of the ballasts failed, so today I decided to replace it. Dead ballast is a workhorse 5 solid state electronic ballast, new ballast is a Phillips advance program start electronic ballast (had it left over from a previous project). Wiring was simple enough.. Yellow to yellow, red to red, blue to blue, black to black, white to white, green to ground. I plugged things in, the ballast kicked on and the bulb lit up. For about a half second. After that, nothing.

Any suggestions?

TIA.
 
Did all the bulbs on the new ballast try to light up? I know that IceCap ballasts will shut off if it detects that even one bulb isn't working.
 
Lol... It's always the little details, right?

I only had one bulb in to make sure things worked/was wired correctly. As soon as I added the second bulb, it worked perfectly.

Thanks.
 
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