Ship light conversions

Hey all,

what are your opinions on shop light conversions for grow lights? I have found some multi-tap 400w halide lights for around 30$ each. Includes bulb ballast and hoods. I figured I would be able to get around 3 of these for the price of 1 light built for growing. What would the pros and cons of this be?

I tried searching around but couldn't find much.

Thanks!

Go for it! 30$ ain't bad, and you can always go remote with the ballast pretty easy so you would have the ballast outside your grow area.

Thanks! I have some electrical experience, so I'm not too worried about wiring it up and everything. When thinking about lights per area and everything would I be able to consider them the same as any other 400w light? Or if not how much area would you expect 2 of these to cover?

Its ok, I wired my friends and removed the ballasst from grow space.
Working great for him,GL and Welcome to RIU.


Beech

Thanks! Looking forward to my first grow, just want to make sure I have everything in line first