400w Son T Agro with Nanolux. Twinkling?

[Qwobbler]

hey all,

 

ive got a brand new 400w nanolux ballast, was running it fine with a cheap lucagrow 400w hps, the bought a 400w Son t agro hps. it twinkles slightly. Its a replacement, because i thought the first one was dodgy aswel, but they both twinkle. I put the lucagrow back in and the twinkling stops.

 

Anyone know what my issue is or if there is an issue with the nanolux running the son t agro?

 

cheers

[louise]

I didn't think the son t agro lamps were designed to run in digital ballasts... definitely a great lamp with a magnetic ballast... but I seem to remember reading something about reducing the bulb life significantly if run it with a digital ballast.

[forgetiwashere]

Yeah your right lou son-t's dont like digi's much. I had all sorts of problems with mine.

[Qwobbler]

oh wow, thanks for that info..

 

any particular brand somebody can recommend for digital ballasts?

 

could it potentially be dangerous running the lamp while twinkling in any way? like fire dangerous?

[DailyTokin]

You need to use specific bulbs with digital ballasts. Id just stick with the lucagrow, that's what I've got with a 600 nanolux. Yeah I wouldn't trust it twinkling (fire hazard?) don't use retro or conversion bulbs also. Edited May 19, 2015 by DailyTokin

[Qwobbler]

cheers mate

[Qwobbler]

is there anyone else that can anyone recommend others brands that are nanolux compatible? Im curious for the future

 

cheers

[Xanode]

i thought lucagrow was on par if not better than the son-t?

[Naked Monk]

Lucagrow, Digimax, Gavita, GT Max, GT Proline...those are just off the top of my head. Its not just Nanolux, it's all Digi ballast. Some globes are just not tuned in for digital and give you a flicker and hence shortens the life of the globe. As far as running it flickering and safety, Technically Mag ballast flicker just a lot faster than your eye can see, hence the black lines when you try and photograph your grow. It's not unsafe, it just shortens the life. It has to do with hertz frequency as 240v runs at a 50 hz and magnetic ballast are dedicated 240v here in Australia, and digital ballast can run 110v - 240v and switch from 50hz to 60hz. So the globe has to match your hz factors or be able to run both frequencies