As the title says it appears my HPS bulb won't ignite. All I see is a blue light with what looks to be something arcing in the arc tube. One end is orange and the other end is not lit, in the middle is the blue light that appears to be arcing in there.

I've swapped it out in the mean time for my MH conversion bulb.

My plants missed out on about an h our of light. I've set the timer back an hour to compensate for the time missed.

Do you think this is going to freak my plants out. I'm more concerned about the HPS being dimly lit from the arcing than I am about losing the 1 hour of time or switching to MH.

Also does this sound like a bad bulb or did it fail to ignite and just needs to cool down (though hps bulbs can be turned back on after like a minute of being turned off I thought.)

Thanks any insight would be great
daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on . HPS won't ignite As the title says it appears my HPS bulb won't ignite. All I see is a blue light with what looks to be something arcing in the arc tube. One end is orange and the other end is not lit, in the middle is the blue light that appears to be arcing in there. I've swapped it out in the mean time for my MH conversion bulb. My plants missed out on about an h our of light. I've set the timer back an hour to compensate for the time missed. Do you think this is going to freak my plants out. I'm Rating: 5