Hey guys went out last nite with my new lights which are the 150 hps with caps from econo lighting. I have 2 of them one on each side and they start up seperate from the two 150 hps with out caps that are on the front. After the front lights warmed up I started the new lights up and as they got close to warm up the started flickering like crazy. So I cut all lights off and then tried to start the new ones up first. Same thing happened again. The front ones would run fine but the new lights would not. I have a honda 2200 watt genny and is rated at 18.6 amps. Whats my problem?????
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Hey guys went out last nite with my new lights which are the 150 hps with caps from econo lighting. I have 2 of them one on each side and they start up seperate from the two 150 hps with out caps that are on the front. After the front lights warmed up I started the new lights up and as they got close to warm up the started flickering like crazy. So I cut all lights off and then tried to start the new ones up first. Same thing happened again. The front ones would run fine but the new lights would not. I have a honda 2200 watt genny and is rated at 18.6 amps. Whats my problem?????
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Try it on house current to see if you have a genny problem.
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Any other ideas I could try?
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Lots of them but did you try it on the house?
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fish in the daytime...really though plug it in to an outlet in your garage...
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He's saying plug it into a receptacle in the house on utility power to see if it is the generator or the lights...
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I know what he is saying..... I'm confused why this kid is asking for more advice without trying what he has already been told!!
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there's your answer...but really probably not a kid at all...he may have just not understood what obg was telling him to do...or maybe he tried that and it didn't work...or maybe he got shocked when he tried to do what obg told him to do so now he won't listen to obg anymore...who knows...
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That's probably it. I don't listen to me anymore either after that licking a capacitor thing here a while back--
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Ok guys I hooked it up to home service and it worked fine. Then hooked it to my genny and the 2 new lights with caps started flickering again?????? Im starting to get pissed I have a tourny tomorrow night I think I need a miracle or genny. lol
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Put a meter on your generator and set the idle to where it reads 120 volts and see what that does.
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Ok I got my buddys brand new genrac genny 3500 watts and hooked it up and got the same result. Then hooked it up to home service and worked fine again. He has 6 lights just like mine and he went home and hooked 2 of them up to his genny and they never flickered. I am so confused????
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It ain't the caps--it's the genny.
Nothing confusing at all. If they work correctly on house current but flicker on the genny that should point you to one conclusion. GENNY His 2 lights is not the same load as your 6 lights.
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