Bulb or ballast???

Newgrower3354 said:

Just checked my grow and noticed the light was ever so slightly flickering and also my tent was a few degrees colder..anyways I stayed and watched the light for maybe 40 mins and the bulb kept coming on and off... Would stay off for maybe 3-5minutes then come back on for about 8 mins then off again... Ive put a normal house lamp in the tent on the same timer just so there's light in the tent when the hps turns off. Hopefully not messing up the cycle for when the hps turns off... Any advice is much appreciated

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Antidote Man said:

my smoke detector is doing the same thing. beat it to death with something weighted chanting furious strings of curse words and then get a new one.

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thumper60 said:

What type of ballast? sounds like a bad ballast when bulbs go bad they dont turn on an off the ballast controls that.

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thumper60 said:

What type of ballast? sounds like a bad ballast when bulbs go bad they dont turn on an off the ballast controls that.

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coreywebster said:

What do you mean by normal household lamp ??

If its an incandescent it's going to cause serious stretch

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Newgrower3354 said:

Small single led bulb... My thinking was that it would keep the plants awake until I got the problem fixed... Rather then the hps going on and off all night. I had it plugged into the same timer so when the hps went off that would stay on

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coreywebster said:

As long as its not an incandescent.
The spectrum on those will totally fuck plants up when it's the only light source

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