Ballasts not buring bulbs same color

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  1. Midnight_Madman

    Midnight_Madman Montipora Digitata

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    For some reason my magnetic ballasts are not running the bulbs the same color.
    Its not the bulbs because I switched them. They were both running a nice clean 10k. The one in question is burning much bluer, then the other. The one seems to have changed to more like 14k. It only happened about 3 or 4 days ago.
    Any ideas?
     
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  2. Reeron

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    Get rid of the magnetic ballasts, they are junk.
     
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  3. Midnight_Madman

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    Send some paypal money this way and I would LOL!
     
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  4. sostoudt

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    the ballasts run them differently, probably at different frequencies.
     
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    I switch the plugs coming out of the ballast to the sockets and they are much more even now. Strange.
     
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    If I had some spare money I just might, but alas, you are out of luck. :)
     
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