What happens when you switch on your ballast but there's no HID in the socket?

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wholeworldinmyhands

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Usually my ballast (it's a magnetic one) makes a small droning noise while the bulb is running, but I switched it on for 2 seconds without the bulb in socket just to see what the ballast does and it started making a light clicking noise, does this damage your ballast?
 
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wholeworldinmyhands

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Just to see what happens man, from doing it I found out that my ballast makes a clicking noise when there's no bulb in the socket, something I wouldn't of known otherwise, pointless a tad I know, but what I want to know is wether this causes damage to the ballast or not?
 
cues

cues

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Am sure it's not a good idea. A bit like slapping the wife around the face 'to see what happens'. Experiments are good but there has to be a point behind them.
 
Drr

Drr

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I would assume. The clicking sound is the ballast trying to ignite the bulb...
 
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