JMsAquarium July 4, 2003 Share July 4, 2003 Guys, I got my bulbs yesterday tried them and they work fine. They are 20k bulbs running on 400w MH electronic ballasts. Today I fired them while the TV was on and it creates some interference on the TV screen. Any ideas on how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgasmd July 4, 2003 Share July 4, 2003 What kind of electronic ballast do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMsAquarium July 4, 2003 Author Share July 4, 2003 http://www.reeffanatic.com/cgi-bin/mas/category.cgi?item=MHBL_RF400E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgasmd July 4, 2003 Share July 4, 2003 Reason I asked is because I ahd heard with the blulines people were having interferance with the X-10 stuff and some said an X-10 filter helped a great deal. Maybe you can try that on the ballast and see if it helps. Radio Shack sells them cheap. Sorry I could be of no more help. Alberto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMsAquarium July 4, 2003 Author Share July 4, 2003 Alberto, That was a helful answer. I went on Reef Central and found out a bunch of people having the same issues with Blue line and Ice Cap too, but none offered a solution. I'll give it a try. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefMon July 4, 2003 Share July 4, 2003 I used to have a problem with my Icecaps and TV interference. Added a noise filter to the TV and it helped, but even better was making sure the ballast was on a different circuit than the TV. HTH Glenn R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMsAquarium July 7, 2003 Author Share July 7, 2003 OK, I went to RadioShak and got what they call an "FM Trap". Worked out very well, now the interferencew is almost nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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