Cyber Ignitor?

I posted this in Misc. by accident...

This cyber as been working great until recent. It powers up, goes thru it's cycle...no problems. When it attempts to strike the lamp it causes a really weird hum from the breaker in the breaker box that the power is being drawn from...strange. so, I turn it off and scratch my head...then ignore it for a couple of months...long story short..I left it on just to see, if it would trip the breaker in the box...it didn't, but tripped/blew a fuse in the Cyber itself.

Does the fact that the Cyber cycles thru it's stuff just fine, until it gets to the lamp strike...then dies...mean that maybe I need to replace the ignitor? or could it be something else?

Any help would be great...no one is this area to help without shipping it off. I have an extra to draw parts off...

0 Photo1 over 14 years ago

That's an interesting one. The "hum" is a little concerning. If you have the appropriate training/tools/ect, I'd say check voltage and current on the mains input.

If not, it could be anything from the mains input through the path to the lamp ;-). Ballast is a candidate. Good luck, and I'm sure someone from HES will be around soon with some more specific wisdom.
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0 loanleyman - Former HES Forum Member over 14 years ago

Thanks for the reply...the ignitor wasn't it. Still doing the same things. I'll take my Volt meter tomorrow and see if I can track it down, but the ballast would be the next thing to replace.
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0 Photo1 over 14 years ago

Just whatever you do DON'T meter post ignitor--- bad things will happen! It should be somewhere around 15,000V.

I'd say swap the ballast and see it that works. Might want to meter the mains first though.
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0 loanleyman - Former HES Forum Member over 14 years ago

Easy way to get to the ballast without tearing the unit apart? I can't find anything onhow to get to it, to replace it.
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0 Photo1 over 14 years ago

This is strange... HES people aren't around... they must be getting ready to release the Cyber 2.0!

Sorry, no idea how to get to the ballast on that one. I'd say call one of the members on here, Puffyfish-- 404-886-9725. I don't think there's anything he doesn't know about a HES fixture, or call HES tech support-- Chris Litz is great.

Were you able to get a reading on what the current ballast is pulling or the voltage of the mains? Actually while you're at it, I'd check pre-ignitor too.
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