Hi, I bought a metal halide setup from a fellow reefer about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and since then i had been smelling a slight burning scent coming from the ballast 
. i did some research and found out that sometimes lights take time to break in and give off certain scents during this time . i can't remember how old the light was so i wrote a pm to the original owner with regards to the smell(i do remember the light is quite new), no answer(it's pretty hard to get a hold of him, busy i guess).the light had been working fine up until today, when i tried turning it on only the fan in the ballast would go on and only for a few seconds at that .i opened up the ballast box and saw some stuff that looks like it had been melting over some of the internals, almost like toothpaste . there was also some hard brown stuff that looked like it had bonded (burned) to the copper coil in there, didn't really look like it belonged either . i would like to wait to see if this can be resolved in some way with the person that sold me the light before i go ahead and buy a new light(maybe a warranty when he bought the light) .until,if, i resolve this with the original owner i need lights for my aquarium-i'm asking if anyone has a spare set of lights laying around that i could borrow, or rent, please let me know,advise on the whole situation would also be greatly appreciated (you will be repayed tenfold when i start fragging , lol...).thanks for taking the time to read, wish me luck...
i guess i can put another point up in the experience column
. i did some research and found out that sometimes lights take time to break in and give off certain scents during this time . i can't remember how old the light was so i wrote a pm to the original owner with regards to the smell(i do remember the light is quite new), no answer(it's pretty hard to get a hold of him, busy i guess).the light had been working fine up until today, when i tried turning it on only the fan in the ballast would go on and only for a few seconds at that .i opened up the ballast box and saw some stuff that looks like it had been melting over some of the internals, almost like toothpaste . there was also some hard brown stuff that looked like it had bonded (burned) to the copper coil in there, didn't really look like it belonged either . i would like to wait to see if this can be resolved in some way with the person that sold me the light before i go ahead and buy a new light(maybe a warranty when he bought the light) .until,if, i resolve this with the original owner i need lights for my aquarium-i'm asking if anyone has a spare set of lights laying around that i could borrow, or rent, please let me know,advise on the whole situation would also be greatly appreciated (you will be repayed tenfold when i start fragging , lol...).thanks for taking the time to read, wish me luck...i guess i can put another point up in the experience column
