Well what I ended up doing was giving it back to my grow buddy. He said he'd like to try and fix it. So what I ended up doing was buying his custom light he made for $100. It has a 400watt MH and 400watt HPS in the same fixture. Now i just need to work on keeping the room cool.
Kwali Reviewed by Kwali on . Question about MH lighting A few days ago a growing friend gave me his old 400watt MH hydrofarm grow light with a built in ballast. So I went out and bought a 400watt MH light that fits the requirements listed on the growlight. Now when I went to turn on the light it didn't come on right away, which I wasn't worried as I've heard it can take up to 5mins. But after 10mins it never came on, same after 30mins and a hour. I checked the bulb while it was in and turned on and inside the middle part there was like a little Rating: 5