Is this what new Blackstar 240's look like?

I have 3 other Blackstar 240s and they all have the silver reflective film inside the glass. This new one I just got today has a plain white pc board with the little + and - symbols on it and all. It's just the board and you can see the solder points of the LED's. Is this by design now or what?

Note: When I say "new" I mean new 2012 models, not the 2013 Chromes obviously

ottomatik said:

I have 3 other Blackstar 240s and they all have the silver reflective film inside the glass. This new one I just got today has a plain white pc board with the little + and - symbols on it and all. It's just the board and you can see the solder points of the LED's. Is this by design now or what?

Note: When I say "new" I mean new 2012 models, not the 2013 Chromes obviously


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Well I can't answer your question, otto, But I can tell you I have seen the 2010, '11 & '12 models and none of them look like that one. Maybe they changed their design though...?

Where was that panel purchased from?

Weird huh? Looks like someone forgot a step or something lol. Oh well, i'm gonna proceed anyway, don't think it's a big deal.

I bought it from Gotham Hydro. I'm gonna have to send the 240w Veg model I bought from them a month ago back because it just burned out the middle UV bulb like I've seen in a couple other threads. I asked them to swap it for a flowering model instead so i can pull double duty with it. Not sure if they'll go for that, we'll see. In hindsight, instead of buying 2 Veg and 2 Flowering models, I would've bought all flowering models.

Blackstar veg nice.