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Sentinel
11-20-2005, 08:48 PM
I received a package from insidesun.com and hooked up an mh conversion bulb to a 400 watt hps and it started sparking and rancid smoke started pouring out the vents. What is the problem?
Trichome Creator
11-20-2005, 09:02 PM
InsideSun products are fucking useless. Return the product and buy either a HydroFarm, SunSystems or Sunleaves grow light kit. I know it costs slightly more but trust me it is worth it in the years to come. Here are two trustworthy websites to buy from that I have used in the past. www.bghydro.com and www.gchydro.com
I know you feel like you got screwed but I suggest you return it now and get a good system. Good luck.
lemonboy
11-20-2005, 09:58 PM
I don't think they are useless. It's just easier to find a lemon with a refurbished unit. They sell new stuff too though. Email the guy and tell him, I'm sure he'll do you right.
turtle420
11-20-2005, 10:25 PM
I received a package from insidesun.com and hooked up an mh conversion bulb to a 400 watt hps and it started sparking and rancid smoke started pouring out the vents. What is the problem?

I don't get it...

'Conversion' bulb? What's that?

You hooked-up a MH to a 400W HPS?

WHAT????

What did you do exactly? Did you hook-up a MH or a HPS?

What's the bulb? MH? or HPS?
What's the ballast? MH? or HPS?

I'm intrigued with this 'conversion bulb'... maybe you can do that... but my ballast has like 443 warnings that I shouldn't connect a MH bulb to the HPS side, and the other way around...

;)
Trichome Creator
11-20-2005, 10:28 PM
I don't get it...

'Conversion' bulb? What's that?

You hooked-up a MH to a 400W HPS?

WHAT????

What did you do exactly? Did you hook-up a MH or a HPS?

What's the bulb? MH? or HPS?
What's the ballast? MH? or HPS?

I'm intrigued with this 'conversion bulb'... maybe you can do that... but my ballast has like 443 warnings that I shouldn't connect a MH bulb to the HPS side, and the other way around...

;)

A conversion bulb is a HID bulb that allows you to run a HPS bulb on a MH system or a MH bulb on a HPS system. Here take a look at them here. http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/items.asp?Cc=CB&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=
Sentinel
11-20-2005, 10:52 PM
No it wasnt a refurbished one, it was the reeal deal. And a conversion bulb is an mh bulb you can hook up to an hps ballast. Also the bastard sent me a chrome reflector instead of a white one!