Aqualight Making Noise

[atmmachine816]

So I got the new coralife aqualife fixture in the mail friday and it's been making a noise every since. When I turn it on the bulbs make a high pitch humming sort of noise. I took it off and sounds like it's coming directly from the bulbs. does anybody have any ideas what to do, I can only hear it by the tank and a little bit away but it's annoying?

thanks

 

[SkiFletch]

So I got the new coralife aqualife fixture in the mail friday and it's been making a noise every since. When I turn it on the bulbs make a high pitch humming sort of noise. I took it off and sounds like it's coming directly from the bulbs. does anybody have any ideas what to do, I can only hear it by the tank and a little bit away but it's annoying?

thanks

Can other people hear it? Some people are really "tuned in" to the frequencies emitted by ALL flourescent bulbs. I remember I had an Orchestra teacher once that made us rehearse in the dark with only our stand lights (incandescents) on cause he couldn't stand the noise he heard from the overhead flourescents. SOME sound coming from flourescents is normal, but LOUD sound from them is not

 

[atmmachine816]

Nope not just me, asked my brother and sister and they hear it too. It's sort of a whirling noise, need to be withing a foot of the tank to hear it. I can live with it but was wondering if there's a way to get rid of it. My brother thinks it's just the fixture operating. I don't hear anything from my regular T-8 fixture only from this cp one?