will a MH bulb just shut off if it gets too hot? or is it a sign that the bulb needs to be replaced.
mine now shuts off about every half hour to hour - it's off for about 3-5 min. Been doing this for about a week.
I bought the setup (Mikestod) and I don't think that the bulb was all that old when I got it...maybe 3-4 months old. I've had it running for like 3 months or so.
The canopy is pretty well enclosed but has a 2 small fans plus 1 circular vent(about the size of a baseball). I also added a small fan in the back pointing into the 1"x5" slit above the filter.
I cut the total light time from 7hrs to 6 last night. They now go on at about 6pm-12am. Tonight I got home at about 9:30 and it had shut off at least 1 time around that time.
(ps. Go RED SOX)
mine now shuts off about every half hour to hour - it's off for about 3-5 min. Been doing this for about a week.
I bought the setup (Mikestod) and I don't think that the bulb was all that old when I got it...maybe 3-4 months old. I've had it running for like 3 months or so.
The canopy is pretty well enclosed but has a 2 small fans plus 1 circular vent(about the size of a baseball). I also added a small fan in the back pointing into the 1"x5" slit above the filter.
I cut the total light time from 7hrs to 6 last night. They now go on at about 6pm-12am. Tonight I got home at about 9:30 and it had shut off at least 1 time around that time.
(ps. Go RED SOX)