400 watt hps wont turn on

my baby was put into flowering around 1 - 2 weeks ago, and now my light wont turn on its not the timer or anything the ballast makes a humming noise and the bulb just stays the same

any idea what i should do to keep her in flowering?

yea unplug it for about 10 to 15 minutes.and plug back inn.And bypass the timer and go strieght to the outlet.late PH2

i did that, its doing the same thing

it oculd of been a short in the ballisk... happened to me a couple times its as simple as looking into it and seeing whats "not right"/ you can google images if you get stuck..

unplug it then unscrew the bulb and screw it back in than plug it back in and see if that works..

I know on certain bulbs if you touch it, it won't turn on. I don't know if it's the same, our bodies oil will not allow the bulb to turn on, get some gloves on wipe it down with isopryl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) and screw it back in.

Yeah I wiped it off, I heard the same thing. My problem seems to be ballist?

unplugg, open it up and look for a loose wire. Really nothing to complex in a ballast 3 parts to tell the truth.

Good Luck
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try a new bulb, if the ballast is hummming then it probably working...

I would open it up and swap parts from you working ballast to see what make the broken one work.. what ever makes it work is what you need.. i would think most people would be intimidated by all the electrical work but as stated above it really is pretty simple there should even be diagrams on line in case you are not sure. GL

Mushroom Mesiah said:

unplug it then unscrew the bulb and screw it back in than plug it back in and see if that works..

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Wow , thats a verry dumb idea

Ok this is strange, so ive tried everything and gave up hope, and i was looking on homedepot for smaller fast hps to keep her flowering, and as soon as i clicked the first one to look closer at it, my 400watt thought i might start working again

haha i thought that was pretty funny