riverchaser
Active Member
So I fired up my room today ( no plants yet just setting up) and it seemed like my bulbs were getting warmer than I remembered. It was especially the case with my hps bulb, it got so warm it kind of smelled like over heated laundry. The CMH bulb didn't seem to be as bad, which i thought was strange because i thought those ran hotter than the hps bulbs. I ran the two bulbs for about 10-15 mins each with 10 mins in between bulb switches because the first one was hot for a while ( the filament glowed for almost a minute after I powered down)
After running the second bulb for 10-15 mins the porcelain on the light fixture seemed to be warming up along with the entire hood (its a cheapo hood that came with the ballast). The ballast seemed to stay cool during use and the room temp peaked around 80.
My questions are:
Would bulb storage account for the smell it made, its been sitting unused since about april. It was also left in the hood, the cmh bulb was in a drawer all summer.
Could it be my light fixture/hood going bad and cooking the bulbs?
Or is my ballast, which is a digital 600w revolt that is over 5 years old be the culprit even though it seems to be working fine, both bulbs seemed to burn really bright and the ballast stayed cool.
After running the second bulb for 10-15 mins the porcelain on the light fixture seemed to be warming up along with the entire hood (its a cheapo hood that came with the ballast). The ballast seemed to stay cool during use and the room temp peaked around 80.
My questions are:
Would bulb storage account for the smell it made, its been sitting unused since about april. It was also left in the hood, the cmh bulb was in a drawer all summer.
Could it be my light fixture/hood going bad and cooking the bulbs?
Or is my ballast, which is a digital 600w revolt that is over 5 years old be the culprit even though it seems to be working fine, both bulbs seemed to burn really bright and the ballast stayed cool.
