ballast doesnt fire up everytime =/

well,im not sure if this is the right section to post this.

my friend has a digital 400w ballast he is willing to sell,but the problem is it doesnt always fire up when u plug it in and also doesnt always fire up on schedual with the timer.

he said the shop told him it could be due to oen of the connectors..

in order to start this thing up u have to disconnect and reconnect all of the plugs and unlpug it/replug it in untill it turns on.(u have to check to see the light is on)

could the ballast be a dud and be a short lifer?

wutt wutt in the bump

ballasts are made with ... a transformer, capacitor and ignitor, the first thing to normally break or become faulty is the capacitor. If you can find another one to try you should, but do you have any spare bulbs to try?

if i had another plug to try?...nope i dont have another bulb..and i also dont wanna buy his ballast if there might be something wrong with it.. like if the capacitor was out etc

now that i think about it..i do have another 400w bulb to try out..

the problem was the bulb,switched bulbs and starts up every time.the old bulb i notied had a lil burn in it..and was only 3 months old..gave problems every step of the way.