Never be afraid of opening the box...

[garyjg]

Hi all,

This isn't really a DIY project but more of a cheat repair or saving a ton of cash...)

I have two icecap ballast, one drive my white light and the other drives the actinic's, unfortunate for me one died... I checked out icecap USA and found it's about USD60.00 for the repair and another USD200.00 for shipping both ways, so I figured "nothing ventured nothing lost" and open the ballast, I found the varistor smoked.

I made my way to SimLim towers and bought a varistor and had it re-soldered in for a whopping SGD5.00

Now I have lights again and cost nothing compared to either having it repaired or buy a new one.

[Gouldian]

Thanks for sharing Gary. 1 up for you.

[makeupartisteileen]

Thanks for sharing Gary. 1 up for you.

[finbir]

Hi all,

This isn't really a DIY project but more of a cheat repair or saving a ton of cash...)

I have two icecap ballast, one drive my white light and the other drives the actinic's, unfortunate for me one died... I checked out icecap USA and found it's about USD60.00 for the repair and another USD200.00 for shipping both ways, so I figured "nothing ventured nothing lost" and open the ballast, I found the varistor smoked.

I made my way to SimLim towers and bought a varistor and had it re-soldered in for a whopping SGD5.00

Now I have lights again and cost nothing compared to either having it repaired or buy a new one.

Kudos to u Gary,

Picked up a well used but otherwise good conditone KDK stand fan on me way home.

Went to Sim Lin n found a similar capacitor.

Now it's up n running.

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Cheers.

[mushroom coral]

thanks for the sharing~~