what a day......
i went to the hydro shop to buy a new 250 MH set-up. they had none in stock. he said to bring in the one i just bought and he'd check it.
i brought in the one i just bought plus the 2 bulbs i had. the original bulb that came with it and the bulb i bought last week. he checked the ballast it was all good. we tried both my bulbs. didn't work. we tried one of his and it started to work but i don't think he gave it enough time to warm up. he said it must be something in the ballast. they were to get 250 set-ups on thursday.
i went 2 blocks down the street and bought a brand new sun system 250w MH set-up. sealed in the box from the factory. took it home. put in the bulb i bought last week. didn't work.
took the bulb i bought last week back to the first store that i bought it at. i wanted him to check it. he didn't have a 250 system set-up. he just gave me a new bulb. i came home and put it in the new set-up. it's working so far.
so i'm guessing the bulb that came with the HTG set-up was bad. then i replaced it with a bad bulb. now i have 2 ballasts and hoods, 1 good bulb and 1 bad bulb. i guess i send everything back to HTG. he set me back 3 weeks with all this. my new hood comes with a 5 year warranty and it's 4 blocks away. i'm stuck with finding a box to ship this back in since i threw the outer one away.
what a nightmare for 250 watts of MH. i can't wait until spring gets here.
my newest set-up........