600se cmh bulb burn in time

[medman47]

I just (hopefully) upgraded my room with 6 Gavita Pro 600se cmh fixtures each one has two 315w Philips cmh bulbs the literature that came with the fixtures calls for a 100 hour burn in time. This seems excessive to have to run the lights for 100 hours straight for them to burn in correctly. Anybody with experience with these 315w cmh bulbs it would be greatly appreciated if I could get experienced opinions with this burn in process.

 

[Phytoplankton]

The manufacturer recommends it to stabilize the light output, before you start dimming or boosting the power (intensity). I’d follow their instructions. It’s only 4,days.