Sump light short

fish.freak · 12-09-2007, 02:48 PM

I have a stock coralife 28 watt pc light in my sump for cheato and it keep going going out, I switched the bulb out yesterday and it lasted 6 hours and went out. I took the bulb off and cleaned the connection and it came back on for 1 min. As there and suggestions to fix this light? Is it junk is the ballast worth keeping?

Hop · 12-09-2007, 02:49 PM

It might be getting wet... Have you inspected it closely to ensure that there is not water getting inside?

fish.freak · 12-09-2007, 02:51 PM

there may be some ambient moisture, but not directly wet. Should I take it apart to let it dry?

crvz · 12-09-2007, 02:52 PM

yeah, sounds as though the ballast is starting to fail (or failed) either due to moisture or just age. I'd probably just replace it with a new socket and bulb from home depot. They're quite cheap to rig up a little light for a fuge .

crvz · 12-09-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fish.freak

there may be some ambient moisture, but not directly wet. Should I take it apart to let it dry?

salt creep across a connection wouldnt be aided by letting it dry, you may need to clean it out well. Here's a link to the bulbs I was refering to, you're probably familiar with them.

http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

fish.freak · 12-09-2007, 02:58 PM

argh. there are frags down there too.

Loverotties · 12-09-2007, 06:49 PM

use a blow dryer to dry it out!