I am pretty sure I have read that you can use a higher wattage light into a lower wattage ballast and safely run but I can't find the thread anymore. Am I correct in this? Will it just take the light longer to turn on or what?
Ok I won't do so I was just hoping somebody had some electrical experience on the boards, I had no Idea but if it is unsafe I won't do it thanks anyway.
As someone with electrical experience I can tell you that trying to run a 1000 watt bulb in a 400 watt ballast isn't going to work. If it did work they wouldn't sell the larger ballast now would they? You need the correct rated ballast for the bulb. Period.
not true, I was asking if it would only run 400 watts through a 1000 watt making the 1000 watt a 400 watt I dont think you understood what I was asking but I believe you being a electrician and you know whats best.
