Okay so I just got my EB 60 kit and when I plug it in it clicks and lightly flickers for like 30 seconds or so then stops and works normally but it makes kind of a high pitch noise. Like the sound of electricity flowing through power lines ya know. Don't worry I haven't started using it with my dragon yet. Do yall's do this? Will the high pitch noise bother my dragon?
I know of one other beardie owner that tried the Megaray and it made a high pitched noise that drove the beardie crazy, so she has been using the T-Rex ever since and that's what I use. She didn't mention the clicking and flickering though. Perhaps you should call Bob from Reptiluv and see what he thinks about it.
I used to use the EB but it drove me crazy. It didn't make any noise, but for some reason the external ballast didn't always work - I would wake up in the morning to find that Jasper's lights hadn't come on and nothing I could do would help. Then the next day it would work again. I know it does take about 10 minutes of flickering when you first plug it in before it's up to full power.