thanks harddon...im like tottaly stoked now i fixed my light , plus there size was begining to be a prob for the compacts cuz i couldnt rasie them in the vegg room much higher....i ended up very lightly burning a leaf here or there....but it did end up burning 3 or 4 of the fan leaves and some of the new growth...hope this donest turn into a prob....my plants are gonna flower in the basement and its pretty cool down there esp at night so im runnin my cycle at 12 12 .....12 am to 12 noon...that way the cool basement will kinda help out to cool the ballast.....PEACE