Ballast heating up ?!?!

[Villui]

i have a refurbished 400w hps with a 400w mh conversion bulb on and after an hour or so of being on the remote ballast is starting to get pretty warm on the sides..is that normal?


ps i have a fan blowing on the plants and light
ballast is on the top shelf of the closet

any feedback would help thanks

:rasta:

Villui Reviewed by Villui on 04-08-2006. Ballast heating up ?!?! i have a refurbished 400w hps with a 400w mh conversion bulb on and after an hour or so of being on the remote ballast is starting to get pretty warm on the sides..is that normal? ps i have a fan blowing on the plants and light ballast is on the top shelf of the closet any feedback would help thanks :rasta: Rating: 5

[BOYZNUS]

WATCH YOUR SELF. YOU CANT RUN A HPS BULB WITH A MH BALLAST, AND VISA VERSA.

[BukDatAss]

Yea its normal just, mine gets hot aswell.
Boyznus-- he said he has a MH "conversion bulb" thats safe its made for HPS ballasts

[BOYZNUS]

AWWW, SO HE DID. MY BAD. I WILL READ MORE CLOSELY FROM NOW ON. SORRY.

YES, MY BALLAST GETS HOTTER THAN SHIT SOMETIMES,, AND STAYS KOOL OTHER TIMES. I JUST CHECKED IT,,, 98 DEGREES. THE OTHER DAY IT WAS 122 DEGREES. NOT SURE WHY THE DIFFERANCE.

[LIP]

WATCH YOUR SELF. YOU CANT RUN A HPS BULB WITH A MH BALLAST, AND VISA VERSA.

If you READ his post, he would have said its a CONVERSION bulb, so he can run it!!!!!!!

OK i posted that before i read the 2 posts above this... so now this is wasted reply.


My ballast gets hot when i change the bulbs, i wouldnt worry unless it gets REALLY hot, then you'd wanna turn it off cos its a fire risk

[BlueDragonSmoke]

Get it out of your closet. Only have the plants and bulb in the closet, that would keep everything a lot cooler....your ballast might not even get to hott then .....I set my ballast on a metal rack... I made up so it aint touching anything at all ...you can never be to safe what you have somthing to hide like growing. Mine is in a cabinet with no fan but i took mine apart, the out side shield off. All of it is only warm to the touch now....PLEASE get it out of the closet though....thats not even safe....peace

[Villui]

i changed it to 18/6 to give it a break

[BlueDragonSmoke]

open up the ballast box and let it breath, the cooler it stays the longer they will last