This is not to bust the OPs balls but people really need to ask about problems they recognize but cant diagnose before they kill plants. We cant have a harmonious community with all this grower on plant violence.
Imo a digital ballast is a digital ballast and most of the people that reccomend Hortilux are doing so based on the fact that 10 years ago they added more light in the bluish range. I know for a fact that Hortilux has a huge problem with lumen depreciation. I run DG ballasts and Digital Plus...
Another thing I have seen people do here is check trichs under their grow lights. HPS puts out an orange light so guess what color your trichs will look. Not saying that applies here but I just thought it was a good thread to mention it in.
It is absolutely amazing the shit people will try and pass off on here to try to sound smart even though it is completely fabricated. I am gonna call straight up bullshit on the 100 degree res temps. It has blown me away that this clown has been growing since he started growing pubic hair but...
I ran Hortilux for a year and found that there lumen deprciation is insane and then started running Digital Plus bulbs from HTG and after 1 year my 600 watt DP is still putting out 89000 lumens.