You can't touch the bulbs with your bare hands. The oil of your body will cause the bulb to explode. Always use a cloth when screwing in or handiling HID bulbs and make sure they are free of dust and oil before installation.
Trichome Creator Reviewed by Trichome Creator on . exploding bulb! Hi there! Our mate's 1000w bulb exploded this morning, the filament carrying on burning & singeing the tops of his plants for maybe up to 5 hours. They're beautiful things, these bulbs, but we don't know much about them. Are they vaccuum or gas-filled? if not vaccuum, then what gas is in them? What happens when they blow - are they safe? or is the light spectrum shifted to something more harmful? If so, is it harmful to plants as well as humans? Our mate's plants could've had up to 5 Rating: 5