lights out during week 5 of flower

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smotts

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Bulb went retard last nigh switching off and on over and over. Can't get a new bulb till tomorrow. Will another dark light cycle be terrible for my plants? I could macgyver some cfls, but don't want to bother if plants don't mind the dark.
 
Bbcchance

Bbcchance

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smotts said:
Bulb went retard last nigh switching off and on over and over. Can't get a new bulb till tomorrow. Will another dark light cycle be terrible for my plants? I could macgyver some cfls, but don't want to bother if plants don't mind the dark.
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It won't kill em, start back on their normal cycle when your new bulb comes in, hope you ordered 2 though(always keep a backup)

Sounds more like a ballast issue than a bulb though, what kind of light?
 
Enigmatic Ways

Enigmatic Ways

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smotts said:
Bulb went retard last nigh switching off and on over and over. Can't get a new bulb till tomorrow. Will another dark light cycle be terrible for my plants? I could macgyver some cfls, but don't want to bother if plants don't mind the dark.
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Don't worry about it, they'll be fine.
 
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smotts

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Bbcchance said:
It won't kill em, start back on their normal cycle when your new bulb comes in, hope you ordered 2 though(always keep a backup)

Sounds more like a ballast issue than a bulb though, what kind of light?
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600w HPS digital ballast. I hope it's not a ballast issue. looked it up online and the most popular answer was that it's a bulb issue. I've only used the bulb for 3 months.

Bulb goes off. comes on again a minute later. Then after a minute or two instead of intensifying the light goes back out, etc...
 
Phytium hater

Phytium hater

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smotts said:
600w HPS digital ballast. I hope it's not a ballast issue. looked it up online and the most popular answer was that it's a bulb issue. I've only used the bulb for 3 months.

Bulb goes off. comes on again a minute later. Then after a minute or two instead of intensifying the light goes back out, etc...
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Hi, if it is a adjustable digital ballast, make shure that the setting is on the 600w and not the overdrive 660w from adjusting nob..
with the overdrive it does just like that..
 
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SSHZ

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Sounds like the bulb is going bad......make sure the bulbs you buy are fine with digital ballasts. Many on the market are not, and they burn out/have problems just like you are.
 
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smotts

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Phytium hater said:
Hi, if it is a adjustable digital ballast, make shure that the setting is on the 600w and not the overdrive 660w from adjusting nob..
with the overdrive it does just like that..
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ya that's the first thing i checked, was on 600w, tried it on 400 for a bit but it did the same thing
 
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smotts

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SSHZ said:
Sounds like the bulb is going bad......make sure the bulbs you buy are fine with digital ballasts. Many on the market are not, and they burn out/have problems just like you are.
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Ya I think that's exactly my problem, got the cheapest bulb I could find.
 
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SSHZ

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Look at the iPower bulbs, available on Amazon and Ebay. They are incredibly cheap and very heavy duty. I only use them for 3 crops before replacing, but for that price, who cares.......
 
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smotts

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SSHZ said:
Look at the iPower bulbs, available on Amazon and Ebay. They are incredibly cheap and very heavy duty. I only use them for 3 crops before replacing, but for that price, who cares.......
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Oh wow thanks, I thought 50$ was cheap, those are 15$ a piece. The 100$ ballasts look as good the 500$ one I got too :(
 
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