Illegal Wonder
Well-Known Member
I have been given a ballast, but not sure what type it is... can anyone tell me from this pic, its the only info i have on the ballast.
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I can clearly see the Under Writers Limited Symbol on the casing which is an acceptable safety standard world wide, should be fail safe construction, I have never heard of High bays blowing up.hmmm, i'm not sure....but i'm just gonna go ahead and say it. I'd be hesitant to use any ballast that's not a good name brand. I've heard of them blowing up on people before. I would not want to come back to my house one day and find it burnt to the ground, cause of some shoddy 2nd hand knock off brand ballast that was made in the phillipines somewhere lol
I have the m59 lamp type bulbYou have a Metal halide magnetic Ballast good for 400, it is a high bay style used mostly in factories etc... you can grow with it just as good as anything, it will have an internal ignitor, the thing you will need to know is what voltage is it wired for, if you are using residential wireing you will want it wired for 120volts, it has a multi tap tranformer that can be wired to 277 volts and 347 volts, which are popular voltages in commercial or industrial applications. I you want there are conversion bulbs which will allow you to run HPS conversion bulb. Main thing you need to know now is what voltage is it wired for. BTW when you get a MH bulb it will need to be an M59 football style.
Peace
Nope your golden run it till she fails then get a nice digital low freq square wave ballst and then you will have somthing to look at while you jerk off!!should i purchase a new ballast? Its made in the US.
Its got a standard wall outlet with a ground on it. I assume because it says 120 volts on it I'm fine (But I prefer facts over assumptions).... How much would a new (decent) ballast, and a reflective hood run me?Can you plug it into the wall where you live or is there a funky ass plug on the end?
Peace
Like get that instead of the one I have? or for flowering?Game on. Get yourself an HPS conversion bulb that runs in the MH ballast.