@#$@#$@ Barn Light

The barn light died a few weeks back and so I grabbed the bulb and went to Lowes for a new one. There wasn't anything that matched and the bulb didn't have much printed on it, so I talked to a guy, he said Metal Halide bulb, grabbed one, brought it back and Delaney helped me install it.

And it didn't work.

So today I finally decided as a last minute chore to get it fixed. Kyle or the kids will help Tia somewhat next week and it would be nice if she had light out there, especially after the full moons this week and likely less light next week. The old bulb is gone, new bulb box went to the trash yesterday. So I go to Home Depot and they have nothing close, nothing that seems to match the ED-17, 70watt bulb.

Go back to Lowes. They only have one Cooper light on display, which is what I bought, and it's a High Pressure Sodium. Apparently all these lights have different ballast, so I have to get the right one. I decide to try HPS, return the MH one which is a pain (another post there), get the HPS come home, put it on, cover the light sensor with my hand and it doesn't start.

I get all the info, every number off the light and come inside, and sure enough this is a metal halide lamp, but not sure why it's not working. Who cares, can't @#$@#$ with it for now, so I'll return that bulb, try another one and if it doesn't work, order some from the Internet.