Dnizzle
Member
I need help!!!!! i bought a 1000w mh/hps set up with a digital ballast from htg supply. now im on my second ballast and going to be on my 4th bulb.. what gives?? it works for a few days and burns out the bulbs. Now the first bulb didnt even fully light before it burned out and i found out it was a conversion bulb so they swapped it for a non conversion type. that lasted a few days then went. Now the second one went when the power went out for 3 mins and when it came back on the ballast tried to refire and it started arching all over inside the bulb until it started melting.. the first two bulbs were Grow Bright the most recent one to burn out was an Agromax, it too melted down internally but this time there was no power outtage. i do have surge protectors in place and between the bulbs that have went bad i've used different power sources. i dont have access to 220 in my grow room but i do have a deticated 20amp circuit for the system. i will post pictures tonight. But i thought that the digital ballast has saftey features to prevent a hot start i'm not sure as the people at htg didnt seem to know much they just keep wanting to replace rather then solve my problem. i love the setup i just want to know if i'm using the wrong bulbs with this or what.. Is there a bulb i should be using with a digital ballast???
