MAG wrote in news:MPG.1d83653238ea5b799896a9
@newsgroups.comcast.net:

Now I've got a different problem, that I noticed when I was working on
the MH issue. Sometime recently, the 2 110W VHO bulbs stopped firing.
I just get a dull orange glow near the ends of the tubes.

Sounds a little like what happens to us at work every time we turn the fish
room lights on. Usually touching or rubbing the dull bulbs will coax them
to come on though. Many of our balasts are no doubt pretty old too.