sohighifly
Well-Known Member
Okay, I have been on a search engine all morning and have found nothing, so I decided to bring it to the community for some insight. Basically It's like this, I am a first time grower started already and have just switched to 400w MH.
I bought this ballast off Craigslist and it seemed pretty solid to me. Has a sticker from HydroFarm,Label from Advanced and it says it is 100v(I am like fuck that's weird) Ordered a bulb from Plantmaxx(I know I know)and about 2 hrs into my 18 on cycle get a whiff of this gnarley smell that's kinda like elctrical but not,(hard to explain) so I check the ballast it's warm but not overly so,give it a sniff and I don't smell it. So I am thinking it's the bulb a smell it and nothing.I know there some bad vapors in the bulb but logic tells me it wouldn't run if there was a crack in it letting vapor out. I don't know...if anyone has had a similar experience,let me know. I have a wife that's preggers and am kinda worried. Is it the ballast burning off that new car smell?? Thanks SOHIGH
I bought this ballast off Craigslist and it seemed pretty solid to me. Has a sticker from HydroFarm,Label from Advanced and it says it is 100v(I am like fuck that's weird) Ordered a bulb from Plantmaxx(I know I know)and about 2 hrs into my 18 on cycle get a whiff of this gnarley smell that's kinda like elctrical but not,(hard to explain) so I check the ballast it's warm but not overly so,give it a sniff and I don't smell it. So I am thinking it's the bulb a smell it and nothing.I know there some bad vapors in the bulb but logic tells me it wouldn't run if there was a crack in it letting vapor out. I don't know...if anyone has had a similar experience,let me know. I have a wife that's preggers and am kinda worried. Is it the ballast burning off that new car smell?? Thanks SOHIGH