beastybulls Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 hey all, i have a problem with my lighting at moment, im gonna try and get an eleccy to help, but if all else fails i need ideas, i have an Aqua One Aqua Marine 900, it was given to me and apparently it all worked, but i hooked up the lighting etc and im having probs with it, ive had power/timer looked at, power is coming out, so must be a prob in the hood, any ideas on lighting if its buggered ??? here it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishgeek83 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Has is been recently used near water? I had a very similar unit a few years ago, same style bulbs etc, PLU something something.. that supplier told me it was collecting moisture, to put it outside in the sun for a few days, and oddly, it "fixed it".. i did that for about a year, it failed eventually.. took it to a sparky, he opened it up and some of the connection wires were out of whack, and I'm pretty sure he replaced the ballasts. Fixed! Sold it a year later. I can't help it, but am a stickler for the 'old school' 4 Paneled tanks with seperate light n filter components on stained wood. Failing that, I've seen a number of different "install it yourself" kind of light fittings, with remote ballasts.. if you rip the guts out of that hood i'm sure you could find one to suit the space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastybulls Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 cheers, ive had it opened right up, no moisture anywhere, it also has a plastic cover that u can see just in top of pic, i will get a sparky to have a look and see, but apparently it was all working and when i turned it on just one light worked and now nothing, im sure if all else fails i can get some sort of light in there, my bloody distance makes it hard to sort stuff out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__CAV__ Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 have you got a fuse checker? thats the first thing i'd check, if thats fine , next thing you want to check will be the lamps and starters if there is any (i dont think there should be any) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastybulls Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 yeah cav, i put in new fuse, the power is going through transformer, i put new starters in, will get a sparky to check it out, failing that, i will have to look at some sort of lighting to interchange into the hood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__CAV__ Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 cool sounds like either theres a break in the wiring someone or your lamps are shot. pm sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
