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Normally I have two 1,000 watt HPS air cooled lights over 8 Berry white plants I kept too many clones had two ATF and 2 GSC that were sitting on the sidelines I found two 400 watt metal highlight shop lights and try to use them with my HPS bulbs because it said it was able to do so on the side of the ballast but did not work come to find out and that I needed to switch out the igniters on both which I did and still no power to the bulb. the MH bulb setup has a m155 light socket versus HPS mogul socket so instead of ordering new sockets I balled up heavy-duty aluminum foil and put down inside of the m155 socket then screwed the bulb in and voila it works The difference between the two sockets is that the metal highlight bulb has a longer tip on the bottom that reaches further down into the socket so far two days and porcelain's not hot everything's working great check the light output it's what was expected. What are you guys think If you know what the inside of the sockets look like do you think that is a safe plan for the last two weeks of flowering or should I just replace the sockets. Chances are I won't use these lights after this grow but would be nice to have as a backup. And no laughing at my turkey pans that I used as wings for my ballast lmao
Normally I have two 1,000 watt HPS air cooled lights over 8 Berry white plants I kept too many clones had two ATF and 2 GSC that were sitting on the sidelines I found two 400 watt metal highlight shop lights and try to use them with my HPS bulbs because it said it was able to do so on the side of the ballast but did not work come to find out and that I needed to switch out the igniters on both which I did and still no power to the bulb. the MH bulb setup has a m155 light socket versus HPS mogul socket so instead of ordering new sockets I balled up heavy-duty aluminum foil and put down inside of the m155 socket then screwed the bulb in and voila it works The difference between the two sockets is that the metal highlight bulb has a longer tip on the bottom that reaches further down into the socket so far two days and porcelain's not hot everything's working great check the light output it's what was expected. What are you guys think If you know what the inside of the sockets look like do you think that is a safe plan for the last two weeks of flowering or should I just replace the sockets. Chances are I won't use these lights after this grow but would be nice to have as a backup. And no laughing at my turkey pans that I used as wings for my ballast lmao
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