He is right man, you need a ballast. All lights except incandescents will require a ballast, unless they are listed and sold as Self ballasting bulbs. Oh.. If you want to avoid a ballast, you could always use a kerosine lamp... puts of huge lumens... and produces its own CO2 lol
It would be interesting to see what happens and the plug from the shade should not be able to plug into the wall socket anyway.
unless it was for a cfl or sumthin
I got my self a 400whps with bat wings and ballast for 120 the ballast is mh/hps but now its ducking hot and the problem with that is that my room never goes under 80degrees