Do I have to "burn in" a brand new light bulb

[CannaRed]

I've ran my 315 in my bloom tent for a year and a half to two years and a couple weeks ago the bulb wouldn't stay lit. It was time to change it anyways. I replaced it with the same bulb Phillips 3100k. Yesterday I noticed it was dim. I tried to unplug and refire but didn't work.
today I out in my back up bulb and it fired up.

I remember reading somewhere that when installing a new bulb that you should "burn in" the bulb by running it for 24 hours.

​​​​​​Is this the case? Is that why the bulb had such short life because I didn't run it for 24 hours first?

It's in my one of my bloom tents, so it's always 12/12.
Now I'm worried about the bulb I just installed be sure it was only on for 2 hours before the night cycle started.

Any help appreciated.
Thank you!!

 

[dragongrower]

No. They work from the first time you plug it in.

 

[CannaRed]

Ok. I thought I remembered about Metal Halides should be turned on for 24 hours to allow all the metals to melt or vaporize properly or something.
I wasn't sure if the cmh's were the same way..
Thanks

 

[f-e]

Sometimes you can see where the ingredients have been put in, before it's first run. I don't know of any tech that must have a burn in period though. It wouldn't be practical to release such a product.

Quite a few lamps fail after the first few heat cycles. You expect it when you fit a few hundred. It's most likely failed during this movement

 

[HempKat]

Unfortunately in this day of ever increasing profit margins and the willingness of companies to cut corners to inflate those margins, once well respected brands have grown much more prone to failure. Planned obsolescence some might call it? To give you an example, there was a time when Black & Decker was a well respected tool brand that usually commanded a higher price because they were considered more durable, more reliable. Then they began to try to compete with cheaper brands coming out of China and even moved most of their manufacturing to China to be able to compete. This required them also to cut corners on quality and now, these days, they no longer have that reliable, quality brand reputation.

I suspect the problems you are experiencing have more to do with something like this which is unfortunate.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Engines need to be run in, electronics do not.

 

[troutman]

Maybe, you can remove the bulb and try it put it back in. It's possible it wasn't seated well.

 

[Koondense]

How old is the ballast? Also check the connector and cables.
Only tech that "needs" burning in are audio speakers and engines, if you ask some people.

Cheers

 

[f-e]

Unfortunately in this day of ever increasing profit margins and the willingness of companies to cut corners to inflate those margins, once well respected brands have grown much more prone to failure. Planned obsolescence some might call it? To give you an example, there was a time when Black & Decker was a well respected tool brand that usually commanded a higher price because they were considered more durable, more reliable. Then they began to try to compete with cheaper brands coming out of China and even moved most of their manufacturing to China to be able to compete. This required them also to cut corners on quality and now, these days, they no longer have that reliable, quality brand reputation.

I suspect the problems you are experiencing have more to do with something like this which is unfortunate.

They are just DIY stuff here. Always have been. Sanders that fling the paper out. Drills with wobbly chucks. Jigsaws with poor alignment. They have the dewalt brand for the respectable stuff. They can't make B&D stuff good, or it leaves dewalt no market.
Bosch Blue has slipped somewhat, while Green has got better. That's quality DIY stuff now (the green) while the blue is still alright, but made to a price

 

[HempKat]

They are just DIY stuff here. Always have been. Sanders that fling the paper out. Drills with wobbly chucks. Jigsaws with poor alignment. They have the dewalt brand for the respectable stuff. They can't make B&D stuff good, or it leaves dewalt no market.
Bosch Blue has slipped somewhat, while Green has got better. That's quality DIY stuff now (the green) while the blue is still alright, but made to a price

In my area they used to be a lot better, there was a time when you could take your Black & Decker tools to the local pawn shop and get fairly decent money for them if they were in good condition, now a days pawn shops will often turn away Black & Decker tools. As far as for serious professional work I guess it's fair to say B&D was never that, as in yours, professionals in my area usually turn towards Dewalt but for cheap decent reliable tools more people seem to like Ryobi brand, mainly I think for how interchangeable the batteries are.

 

[CannaRed]

How old is the ballast? Also check the connector and cables.
Only tech that "needs" burning in are audio speakers and engines, if you ask some people.

Cheers

Under 2 years old I believe.
all connections tight.

 

[f-e]

B&D were top brand stuff in home shopping catalogues of the 80's for sure. You felt you were buying the best as Joe Public never saw any better. We knew tradesmen had better, but that simply wasn't kit for us. It was a totally different price from a totally different supply chain. You would find a B&D drill in every shed. I can't even think of the competing brands now. Shop labels you knew would be second rate. B&D were respectable. I think like you say, the volume of cheap stuff available grew, along with the size of DIY stores (and our population) until there were buyers for any old crap

 

[CannaRed]

B&D were top brand stuff in home shopping catalogues of the 80's for sure. You felt you were buying the best as Joe Public never saw any better. We knew tradesmen had better, but that simply wasn't kit for us. It was a totally different price from a totally different supply chain. You would find a B&D drill in every shed. I can't even think of the competing brands now. Shop labels you knew would be second rate. B&D were respectable. I think like you say, the volume of cheap stuff available grew, along with the size of DIY stores (and our population) until there were buyers for any old crap

When my buddy died last year, and we cleaned his garage he had a bunch of Makita brand. I don't see them too much anymore

 

[CannaRed]

It turns out I was dealing with two separate but very important issues..

I said in my post that it fired up, but when I went to check on it it was off again.

It was a bad bulb from Phillips. But then the reason this new off brand bulb was off when I checked this morning was because I had somehow changed the settings on the digital timer when I was in panic mode trying to figure out why the new Philips bulb was a dud.. lol.

Got it going and I ordered another fc3000. Going to replace the air-cooled hps. Least grams per watt anyways.

 

[f-e]

9.6v nicad Makita. The first real battery drill I played with. Cost double what it does today, and that was 30 years ago. You could stop it with your hand, but the competition, you could stop with a finger