My Light Has Gone Out

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by onelovekid, Aug 31, 2014.

  1. My borrowed light system seems to be giving up on me here in flower. Light on an hour ago and it was just a bolt of electricity running through my MH conversion bulb for my 600 hps system... I believe it to be the ballast as there is a humming/whistling sound coming from it, but it usually does that for a second before igniting, but its just stagnate. How bad am i screwed? I cant afford another ballast right now AT ALL ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1409496176.413015.jpg

    Its a sun system 10 econo grow 600 watt from roughly 2006 or 2009 cant remember... I dont get paid till tuesday... They are sitting in a window sill right now, but its cloudy so they aren't getting much sun... My grow shop is only open till 5 and i work till 4, but i have no funds anyways... Help?!? It's done it before but only from power outages and accidentally turning off then back on without a ten minute wait...
     
  2. Mine does this sometimes if I turn it off by mistake and turn it back on before it really cools down. I let it sit turned off for a little while (like a half hour to an hour) so it can all cool down and turn it back on and it works fine... I really hope your situation can be fixed this way
     
  3. Me too i waited an hour before j left for work, hopin itll turn on when i get off. Got one of my growin buddies helpin me with it and hes gonna call the shop and get quotes and try to pay for it while im at work, but he is low on funds as well
     
  4. Damn, I was hoping it could be simple for you... Mine was doing that kind of thing right out of the box so I thought it was common. Maybe I should have exchanged it
     
  5. Right, i heard it is common and now its working but thats a big liability so im still pickin up a new ballast cus i need it to be reliable...! Will my flower be fucked up?!?! Im about 2 weeks in on one of the girls...?
     
  6. As long as they didn't get stressed out from the light changes I think your flowers should be okay :)
     
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  7. Mine did this two days ago.

    It was the power strip (surge protector) failing. I switched it out and viola, back in business.
     
  8. Yeah i thought maybe my timer had shorted out but the wall outlets didnt work either but the new ones running strong.
     
  9. dope. I was kinda worried, but after i got them from the window they were leaning toward the window so they did something rather than nothing, which i find to be a good sign, if they just sat still inwouldve been more concerned honestly. flower on my little auto is looking pretty. Its my first time making it into flower, and i have an auto and a photoperiod... ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1409525514.136611.jpg thats my auto, shes been through a rough veg with nitrogen toxicity that almost killed em, and im just happy i made it this far.
     

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