Digital ballast problem

keepitreal

Active Member
Hi all. I'm a newbie having trouble with my digital ballast. It's a Digital Greenhouse 400W MH/HPS that I bought in June for my first grow. It had been running fine and I was loving it. But tonight, I unplugged it to mist the plants and, when I went to plug it back in, the MH bulb flashed and went dark like when a lightbulb blows out. The bulb is less than two months old. It wouldn't fire at all after that. So, I screwed in a good HPS bulb and it wouldn't fire either. The wall socket didn't short out. It's a regular 110 grounded outlet. Any tips on what the problem could be? Thanks in advance.
 

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
Leave it unplugged for about 30 minutes.Then make sure the bulb is in the socket and try plugging it back in. So digital ballasts have a built in saftey delay to save the inside and the bulb.Make sure there is no fuse outside on the ballast and if this fails try a new power outlet to make sure the wall outlet didnt burn out
 

keepitreal

Active Member
Well, that didn't work either. I guess I'll call the store I bought it from and ask about troubleshooting. Thanks for trying.
 
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