DrOfDank
New Member
Lately, I've noticed it's taking hours to fire the bulb (1,000W Super HPS) up. Hours. My mechanical timer is set to have them come on at 7:30, but last night they came on at close to 10:30. I checked the timer, and it moved past the set time, so the bulb should have fired. The bulb is about two months old, the ballast is a generic ballast that's about 1 1/2 years old. I unplugged it for five minutes, thinking it might have taken a surge, so I reset it. Any thoughts?