bulbs life

coughee420

Active Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #1

How long is a HPS bulb good for? / how often should they be replaced?

 

JLStiffy

Well-Known Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #2

If you are Vegging with your bulb replace once a year, if its just flower bulb but running everyday, as if u were running a flip flop than 1.5 years. These are the numbers to follow. But dont toss your old bulbs out, keep them in-case u need to investigate wtf is up if there is an error etc.

 

JLStiffy

Well-Known Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #3

I mean to say, VEG and Flower with your bulbs replace once a year...

 

Pravius

Active Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #4

Typically just for sake of my own sanity I replace once a year all of my bulbs.

 

shrxhky420

Well-Known Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #5

when you lose in yeild what it cost in bulbs, that's when you should switch, or sooner. stay high

 

pandan

Active Member

Sep 19, 2011

• #6

The guy at my hydro shop says the company's would say a year but he would go with 9 months to be safe. So depending on how rich you feel seems like between 9 and 12 months will keep you covered for using the same lamp to veg then flower

 

JLStiffy

Well-Known Member

Sep 20, 2011

• #7

12 months as the consumer bud! 12 is the consensus and 12 months is still being really fair!