Just a quick ballast question

Skyhiatrist

Skyhiatrist

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Is it possible to run a say 150/250 watt HPS bulb through a 600 watt ballast or do you have to have the specific ballast for a particular wattage bulb?

Cheers Guys,

Skyhiatrist :weed:
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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Skyhiatrist said:
Is it possible to run a say 150/250 watt HPS bulb through a 600 watt ballast or do you have to have the specific ballast for a particular wattage bulb?

Cheers Guys,

Skyhiatrist :weed:
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if you have a 600w hps ballast you can run any wattage of lamp(hps/mh) up to a 600w.
you can also run an mh lamp in an hps ballast.
any wattage of bulb can be used as long as its 600w or under.

LUDA.
;-)
 
LUDACRIS

LUDACRIS

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Skyhiatrist said:
Appreciate both replies guys but i think i will go with LUDA on this one, unless of course numerous people object???

Thanks guys!
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this info was given to me by "mygirls".
and he is a growing master and a friend of mine.
he knows everthing about growing but thanks for the compliment.

LUDA.
;-)

 
DoeEyed

DoeEyed

Well-Known Member
It would not be a good idea to use a 150w HPS bulb in a 600w ballast. The reason you cannot put any of the HID type bulbs in a regular light fixture, is because these bulbs do not regulate their own current - the more power that is supplied to the bulb, the more it will use - the ballast is what controls the current entering into the bulb. So if you put, say, a 1000w bulb into that 600w fixture, it would safely operate at 600w for you. Anything smaller than the rated watts will use all the current it gets until it blows.
 
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