sorry tho hear that. What brand ballast were you using? Myself, I'm a LUMATEK kinda guy. Though I love the power and the nice sound at start up of a 1000 watts. They really aren't very practical in Hawaii in my opinion, especially in the summertime when it tends to get pretty warm. Myself. I have two Lumatek 600 watt dimmables. What size grow room do you have that you find thousand watt lampWhat do you guys like for ballasts? Digi or Magneti? I order a top of the line digi dimmable 1000w, and it worked for a whole week...