Yeah it was kinda stupid to try and would advise against it. But like I said I'm reckless and wild. Plus, we can't just live our lives on what people say. Granted I did solicit the advice then went against it, which kinda makes me an asshole. But I did seriously take into consideration Curious Souls advice and only did the experiment to prove his information right, so no one else would hurt themselves. It's going on a full hour and I haven't noticed any changes. But it was only a quick peak. I don't want glass shot into my eyes or face.

I'll clean my hand prints off the bulb when its done with its 12hr light cycle. I didn't bother with that initially cuz I thought it was gonna blow.

For anyone who wants to know I'm running a standard 400 Watt HPS Sylvania bulb that you can pick up at your local HW store, with a 600w digital electronic HPS ballast.