Faulty ballast: 9 weeks in - I refuse to give up all my hardwork. I need to CFL FAST
I bought my Apollo Horticulture digital ballast in October and started my grow in November. Well today the ballast came on, running as usual - but the bulb refused to heat up past a faint glowing filament, occasionally flickering for a second then turning off. It does this every few minutes so I'm assuming the light is trying to turn on.
I hope the good people at Apollo honor the 3 year warranty card I received with my order. I will update you all as to how they handle the return.
My question is this: I have some CFL's and a CFL base plate. I just need to know what wiring I need to actually make this work. Also, I'm 4 weeks into flowering and my babies are looking good. If I theoretically get this up and running today (saturday) but they go without light for 12 hours, what will happen? Is my grow officially worthless? Please help.
I switched back to MH for the day. Lets see if the ballast will run throughout the day. Will the MH make my situation better or worse? Should I just let the plants languish in the dark? Will the MH confuse and stress the plants to death? Thanks for any help
- J
You can use MH just keep your light schedule the same...they may get a lil taller bu thats it
Originally Posted by SnakeByte
Could be your bulb also. Take a look at it close and see if there are any flaws.
I just got 2 1000w replaced by Ipower because at socket it went black after 7months and had a melted hole were metal meets glass on bulb. Good luck.
that is not correct blue spectrum from mh will prevent stretching
"it's logarithms!"
You can flower just fine with MH. Buds will be a bit leavier and yield reduced, but buds will be sugary and tasty! Sacrificing quanity for quality.
Sir KK
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