Tek Lighting

ricoishere · Post by **ricoishere** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:34 pm

I have a 36" x 6 bulb Tek. I've never taken a close look at the sequence (maybe I shouldve) until recently. I noticed that on the 6 bulb, the outer 2 (first & last bulb) provide the noon burst. The interesting part is that when the light comes on, first 2 bulbs come on, then a while after, 2 more bulbs turn on. I turned the timer off, then back on. Still, 2 bulbs. After a while, 4 bulbs are on. Then the noon burst came on, and all 6 bulbs are blazing. After the noon burst goes of, 4 remain, and in the latter part of the day, only 2 bulbs are on. I then turn the timer off/on, then 4 bulbs stay on untill it's time for the timer to turn the lights completly off. It's like 2, 4, 6, 4, 2, off. Anyone else notice this? Could it be that 1 set of ballasts might need to warm up before turning on? I'm thinking there's a short. Any clues?

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:58 pm

Rico, are the timers built into the fixture, or plugged into timers? Are there three plugs and switches, or just two?

ricoishere · Post by **ricoishere** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:14 pm

chris_todd wrote:Rico, are the timers built into the fixture, or plugged into timers? Are there three plugs and switches, or just two?

Chris,
Only 2 switches/plugs. QUite puzzling. Not really a bad feature, just nothing like that writen in litereature. I wil have to remove, move bulbs, etc.

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:26 pm

Yeah, I would say that unless that 2-bulb delay is documented, it sounds like it might be a wonky ballast.

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