1000 watt hps Curse

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BITCHIMME

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my 1000 watt light just came in mins ago and i was setting everything up and putting the bulb in and the glass that came with it shatters...what can i do? can i go to lowes and show them a peice of the glass so they can see how thick it was and give them the size..would they be able to cut a peice of glass 4 me?

or any other ideas?? this sucks:wall:
 
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funkdocKT

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the glass on your reflector broke?

HD & lowes wont be able to do anything for you, from what i know they dont usually deal with glass, especially custom cutting glass...a window specialist would probably be your best bet...or if you got it thru the mail, tell the company you ordered from that it arrived shattered

you may be assed out as ive never seen glass from a reflector replaced...without the glass your temps may run high, but your not gonna lose as many lumens...if you can keep good temps using an inline fan without the reflector's glass i'd mark this one as a win and run without it

...if your temps are running high because the absence of glass your either gonna need to replace it or get a whole new reflector

sucks but good luck man
 
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TOKEMASTERFLEX

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ive had lowes cut glass for me before but i like the idea of calling the company tellin em it was broke on arrival...LOL
 
burlingo

burlingo

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how did you break it? touch it then turn it on?

the oil on your hands can cause a bulb to shatter (almost made that mistake myself). luckily someone sorted me out!
 
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NoDrama

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Lots of places cut glass to size, get tempered clear glass when you do, or just plain window glass. Cheap.
 
nomaninsf

nomaninsf

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NoDrama said:
Lots of places cut glass to size, get tempered clear glass when you do, or just plain window glass. Cheap.
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No plain glass. Weak and dangerous. Spend the extra for tempered glass.

Tempered glass is stronger and if it breaks it will break up into little chunks that aren't too sharp. Plain glass on the other hand is easier to break and breaks into sharp shards of glass.

Safety first, for you and your plants
 
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BITCHIMME

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nomaninsf said:
No plain glass. Weak and dangerous. Spend the extra for tempered glass.

Tempered glass is stronger and if it breaks it will break up into little chunks that aren't too sharp. Plain glass on the other hand is easier to break and breaks into sharp shards of glass.

Safety first, for you and your plants
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yeah.. man i just put it softly on the bed and it shattered...im not talking about the bulb.. the bulb is fine.. im talking about the glass that came with the hood.. this is to all the other readers that thought it was the bulb.. but anyways are there different types of tempered glass or just one kind? cause i have a local glass shop and they have to order the glass and cut it for me.. and they were going to charge me 33 bucks..
 
nomaninsf

nomaninsf

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That was the first site that came up when I google searched. There's probably better deals out there online.
 
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