Digital ballast producing heat?

[Bain]

I recently got a digital ballast from HTGsupply. I know digital ballasts are supposed to produce less heat, but mine is burning hot. I can only touch it for 3 or 4 seconds before it starts to burn me and I need to pull my hand away... is that normal?

 

[Bain]

it is a 400w digital greenhouse ballast

 

[markieeee]

yeah, sounds about right..

my 150W digital MH will fry my fingers after 5 secs. IMPOSSIBLE to hold with bare hands.

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

I have #4 digital global greenhouse 600's and they run super cool. How did you mount them?

 

[ganjagoddess]

Thats why they have all those Heat sinks on em....

Dont really work like traditional ballsts, me thinks.

 

[Bain]

I don't have it mounted, I'm moving in a month so I just put it on the floor. It is odd that a 600w runs cooler than a 400w. I mean, if a digital runs this hot, how hot are magnetic?

 

[kuhdoffi]

u might wanna get that off the floor, and throw a fan its way should help

 

[ganjagoddess]

Agreed mount it surface mount to a piece of plywood with 1 fan dedicated to blowing cool air across it, you should instantly be able to see a difference.

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

I don't have it mounted, I'm moving in a month so I just put it on the floor. It is odd that a 600w runs cooler than a 400w. I mean, if a digital runs this hot, how hot are magnetic?[/quote
My 600's are raised mounted(I purchased 1/2" tall plastic mounts-they look like thick straws) it lifts the digis a half inch off the board-the board is sec to the wall---I don't have fans on them and they are very cool to the touch after 10hrs of cont. run time.

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

If mounted correctly digis should not put off very much heat. I have ran ballast in the past-400/600/1000----I will never go back to ballast after using the digis.---little if any heat---no-noise-----more efficient.

 

[Dopalicious]

I recently got a digital ballast from HTGsupply. I know digital ballasts are supposed to produce less heat, but mine is burning hot. I can only touch it for 3 or 4 seconds before it starts to burn me and I need to pull my hand away... is that normal?

No, it's not. Same setup, 600w = slightly warm to the touch

 

[unholycode]

I recently got a digital ballast from HTGsupply. I know digital ballasts are supposed to produce less heat, but mine is burning hot. I can only touch it for 3 or 4 seconds before it starts to burn me and I need to pull my hand away... is that normal?

I just got one too and I thought the same thing. Is it pink colored 400w with a sticker that shows its a Digital Greenhouse? I bought the digi because I read all about how they run cooler, but this thing gets burning hot. It's not mounted just sitting on a small glass table next to my plants.

 

[FullMetalJacket]

I have the 6oo greenhouse and it is in a sealed utility chanbe 2x2x1 and it is cool to the toch after 12 hours of use.

 

[ganjagoddess]

I guess the 400's just run hotter!

 

[southfloridasean]

I got the digis myself from these guys @ Ebay.

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/79006-1000-600-watt-mh-hps.html

 

[Hawk]

I set a pc fan on top of my Lumatek 250w. Without the fan it gets rather hot. With the fan it stays at room temperature. I think it's ok for them to get hot but I like it being cool.

 

[BIGMIKE13]

I recently got a digital ballast from HTGsupply. I know digital ballasts are supposed to produce less heat, but mine is burning hot. I can only touch it for 3 or 4 seconds before it starts to burn me and I need to pull my hand away... is that normal?

did you make sure the internal cooling fan is running?

 

[Bain]

I just got one too and I thought the same thing. Is it pink colored 400w with a sticker that shows its a Digital Greenhouse? I bought the digi because I read all about how they run cooler, but this thing gets burning hot. It's not mounted just sitting on a small glass table next to my plants.

yeah, exactly like mine, pink 400w digital greenhouse. Hot as hell. I mounted mine last night. I'll see how it does tonight but I don't see how putting it up on a wall makes a difference.

did you make sure the internal cooling fan is running?

I don't know if there is an internal fan, it makes no noise, there are no openings to let air in or out.

 

[Bain]

I emailed HTGsupply, when I get a reply I'll let you know.

 

[EyezofSnake]

I have #4 digital global greenhouse 600's and they run super cool. How did you mount them?

I have the same system and mine is also very cool. No heat.