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HPS bulb question
A question.
How do high pressure sodium bulbs tend to burn out? I've used a 400 W MH fixture for several years. I've replaced a few MH bulbs and they just burn out like any other bulb. Three or 4 years ago I got a sun systems fixture with a 400 W MH AND a 400 W HPS together in the one fixture. I remember thinking how yellow everything looked under the new light. This week, all the plants came in. About the 2nd day, I realized the plants didn't look yellow now. Things looked about the same as the MH only fixture. I peered under the hood and found the HPS bulb still working but glowing a deep orange that wasn't very bright. Is this how they die of old age? Don't even tell me the ballast is going bad! Steve |
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