My BRAND NEW hps light wont turn on!!

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

ok I got mine from htgsupply they do have a one year warrentee so call them first thing in the morning. they may 0vernight a new one to you. hope you saved the recipt though it states clearly you need it for warrentee isueses.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I just saw that your meter will handel 240v, a hps ballast puts out a voltage in the 1000's if your meteris protected it will pop the fuse. if not it will fry your meter.

[Weedhound]

I bet your bulb got fucked somehow.....bummer.....it's not switchable ballast is it?

[MVP]

Sounds like a bulb problem, did you install it with gloves on and/or wipe it clean from the oil smudges / fingerprints when you installed it?

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

unfortunatly I am almost positively sure it is his ballast. It is very rare a bulb goes that quick. If the bulb was damaged or cracked it would have exploded.

[Dutch Pimp]

Anybody got a UL certified digital ballast?

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

You had to make me look!

Now you got me f'in scared there is no UL rating on mine and I got it from the same place.

Now I got to smoke 0ne and prey.

[Dutch Pimp]

From what I have read...there are no UL Certified Digital Ballasts....yet.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I would like to know the heat and air flow conditions that the ballast was in, I do know they do not take heat well.

[greenhorngrower]

No heat at all.. room stays around 70-75 degrees.. wall mounted and the surface of the ballast was barely warm of the time.. i was suprised at how cool the thing ran..

I'm stumped, sounds like it could have been the ballast.. now I'm nervous.. i dont want it to happen again after i replace it.. could it have been because it was on a timer? I had it hooked from a 120v/ 1750 watt timer into a surge protector that the ballast was plugged into.. so its unlikely to have been a surge.. the timer wasnt heavy duty, but according to the statistics, it should have been sufficient enough to use with the light.