When using HID grow lights you need a ballast to ignite the lamp, the ballast sould be kept out of your grow room as they generate alot of heat and this could effect the final results that you achieve.They should also be kept off of any floor coverings because this may be a fire hazzard, this is especially important if you are using one of the many compact ballast on the market. I would advise anyone to mount all lighting ballasts off the ground so that air can get all around the ballast to help keep them running cooler. By doing this you help reduce the risk of fire and over heating of the ballsts components and there for prolong the life of your equipment. Something that could also help keep your ballasts running that bit cooler its to place an osalating fan that will push air around the ballast.
Make sure you keep an eye on all grow lighting equipment because if it goes wrong you could end up loosing all of your hard work you have put in killing your crop with your lights failing due to over heating.
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