Hopefully not, bad luck man, sorry to hear it, god damned ballast... Try and get a new one, or sort the prob out as soon as you can, the HPS would make the world of differnce.

FYI: HID is (High Intensity Discharge), and HPS and MH are both HID, so when you said it im guessing your talking about a MH
LIP Reviewed by LIP on . What a fiasco So on the the third day isaid let there be light and my hps didnt come on what the hell my plant got all stressed while i was at work and dammit now my hps wont light at all Its an old ballast says 475 watt hps on plate on back any one know of a good wiring scamatic on hps ballasts should trace the prob and buy new parts.or shit can the idea still cant get ove the fact that I spent 135 dollars on a bulb for 2 days now its blown shit on me. Well on a brighter note i put the hid back and the are Rating: 5