MH burn in time

adtravels · 03/12/2006, 10:02 PM

I just bought a 150 watt 10000k MH unit Japanese make (dazs octopus) with an osram ballast.
The light is not as bright as I expected and not as bright as my 4x 36 wat pcs. I got the light 4 days ago and have increased the lighting period by 2 hrs a day now its on for 10 hrs a day.
Will I expect to see it significantly different with the burn in time completed and How do I know if the burn in has been succesful.

xtrstangx · 03/12/2006, 11:25 PM

After 100 hours, the bulb is burnt in.

You shouldn't get significant intensity change or huge color change, but there may be some.

03/12/2006, 10:02 PM	#1
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	MH burn in time I just bought a 150 watt 10000k MH unit Japanese make (dazs octopus) with an osram ballast. The light is not as bright as I expected and not as bright as my 4x 36 wat pcs. I got the light 4 days ago and have increased the lighting period by 2 hrs a day now its on for 10 hrs a day. Will I expect to see it significantly different with the burn in time completed and How do I know if the burn in has been succesful.

03/12/2006, 11:25 PM	#2
xtrstangx Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shawnee, Kansas Posts: 4,568	After 100 hours, the bulb is burnt in. You shouldn't get significant intensity change or huge color change, but there may be some.