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The spark created by the igniter is the same that omits a radio wave in radio applications. If the tv is unwatchable even after the bulb has struck then the igniters constantly pulsing, an anticycling igniter is the way to go, once the power is connected, it pulses for 30 seconds or so and then...

Exactly as Mutt says, tape over the photocells is the best and simpliest solution, ive a batch of 150w and 250w electronic ballasts and thats what I do as the colour coding of the wiring to the photocells vary for some strange reason.

If i get what your saying then its the capacitor discharging itself which provides enough energy for a few seconds of light from the led indicator, the smaller wattage the bulb the longer they stay on due to having a smaller need for current which is available from the discharging capacitor. if...

Not quite so right!!! There is an igniter in every son lighting circuit (including built in to the digital son ballasts), when their separate as we use them with the magnetic ballasts except where you have a son bulb with a built in igniter (usually situated below the arc tube and it looks like...

99% it is a bulb flickering because its at the end of its life but another can reason can cause it to flicker on+off if your using electromagnetic ballasts (not the digital/electronic type), in these there is a thermal cutout which when the ballast doesnt do its job in limiting the flow of...

Ya, its a contactor or relay Im refering to. Im on holiday at the moment so couldnt post that photo and was doing it from from memory. In reply to Irish's question Im from Ireland and fix street lights 5 days a week so Im sick of wiring and fixing stuff like that!! It comes in handy at times as...

If what **** Dog is saying is kinda what your after, how to do it exactly is you can get a 25 amp single phase contactor with two normally open contacts. Bring your live wire from your fuseboard to the bottom of the two different normally open contacts and loop the two together. Now at the top...

Thanks guys, I planted 3 Lowryder 2 seeds so this is the 1st one to show any definite sex, the other seem to have female preflowers alright but a Salvia is a bit suspect thought but early days with that. Thanks again

Can someone please just confirm that these are male flowers as have just appeared on my "feminised" lowryder 2, i know that these things can happen with stress or a bad batch of seeds but can someone just confirm it is a male (as it is my very first grow and I havent something to compare to)...