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Preventive Maintenance

Grow Light Driver and Fixture

The grow light driver check looks for heat marks, a sound hanger, and a cut cord, with the circuit locked out. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Do not change a photoperiod or a dimming setpoint, and do not splice a cord in the canopy. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

Interval Monthly
Est. Duration 1.0 hr
Steps 5
Applies To Cannabis Cultivation & Processing

The Procedure

The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.

  1. With the circuit off, inspect the driver, the hanger and the fixture for heat marks
  2. Confirm the breaker label matches the room
  3. Look at cords for cuts. Do not splice one in the canopy
  4. Do not change a photoperiod or a dimming setpoint here
  5. A failed driver is replaced with the circuit locked out

Why This PM Exists

The grow light driver check looks for heat marks, a sound hanger, and a cut cord, with the circuit locked out. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Do not change a photoperiod or a dimming setpoint, and do not splice a cord in the canopy. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

What Skipping It Looks Like

A hot driver stays up because the room is in flower and the cord gets taped instead of replaced. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Do not change a photoperiod or a dimming setpoint, and do not splice a cord in the canopy.

Setting the interval

Monthly, circuit off. A failed driver is replaced locked out. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.

Equipment This Covers

Common Questions

How often should this PM run?
Monthly. Monthly, circuit off. A failed driver is replaced locked out. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.
How long does it take?
Budget about 1.0 hour for a technician working to the standard procedure. ChatterFix uses that estimate for capacity planning, then learns your plant's actual time from completed work orders.
What happens if we skip it?
A hot driver stays up because the room is in flower and the cord gets taped instead of replaced. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Do not change a photoperiod or a dimming setpoint, and do not splice a cord in the canopy.
Can I use this checklist in ChatterFix?
Yes — this exact procedure ships in the Cannabis Cultivation & Processing industry pack. Pick your industry at signup and it is scheduled on the right assets automatically, with no configuration.

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Stop Retyping Your PM Library

This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.