250hps with 600w ballast

skunkbudnice

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Feb 14, 2008

• #1

quick one, can I put a 250w bulb in a 600w ballast?

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 14, 2008

• #2

come on sombody help

 

SunnyD

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Feb 14, 2008

• #3

I dont think so.....u might blow the bulb.....

 

blaze1up

Active Member

Feb 14, 2008

• #4

LOL no u wont blow teh bulb ,, that will only happn if the bulb exceeds the watt ratio for teh ballast ,,,, ... so YES u will be fine ,, a 600 watt ballast is capable of handling a 600w bulb ,, so a 250 W bulb aint shyt for that ballast

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 14, 2008

• #5

if thats the case how come any household bulb will work in any household socket?

 

blaze1up

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Feb 14, 2008

• #6

hosehold socets do not come with a ballast ,,, and they are rated to somthing like 150 watt ,,, normal household lights ,, people usually put 60W in them ,, somtimes 100W ,,, but u can put a 40 W or a 15 W CFL if u want ,, if a ballast is rated to 600W & u put a 1000W bulb in ,..ur fucked ,,, ,, i have a 600W ballast & i spliced into the wires & now have 2 seperate 250 W bubls runnin off it ,,, so your 600w ballast is deffinently ok if your only runnin a 250w lamp,,,,, or u can just grow some ballz & go buy the original 600W bulb for that ballast ,, home depot ,, less than 20$

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 14, 2008

• #7

thats a bloody good idea.............. how long have you had it running for?

 

blaze1up

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Feb 14, 2008

• #8

its not running now ,, i am in vegg still ,, but last grow it ran thruout the whole flower stage ,, liek 70 days of 12/12 ,, in a closet with proper ventilation ,, it worked just dandy

 

SunnyD

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Feb 14, 2008

• #9

hmm,,,,i always thought that the ballast put out a constant power that cant be changed. so 600w ballast putting 600w into a 250w bulb.....

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 21, 2008

• #10

it doesnt work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it worked for about a week..........then................bang hahahahahaha

 

SunnyD

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Feb 21, 2008

• #11

so was I right about it blowing?

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 21, 2008

• #12

didnt acctually go bang BUT when i came home from work i could smell something funny............... looked in my room and light light had gone from a bright blue to a dull red, and here was a horrible burning smell.............and the bulb outer caseing had melted out of shape, :-0 whis i had listened now!

 

SunnyD

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Feb 21, 2008

• #13

hey....at least thats all it was...

 

skunkbudnice

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Feb 21, 2008

• #14

yeha could of been worse, could of caused a big fuck off fire...............

 

mrhs

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Feb 21, 2008

• #15

please dont burn your house down...or kill your neighors by starting a fire...then LEO's propaganda is all true!
IMHO, if you dont truely and fully understand the properties of electricity then it is always in your best interest to follow the instructions b4 you listen to someone you dont even know on the internet....i mean its not their closet right?!

 

stuckonsticky

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Aug 28, 2011

• #16

My bulb just went during the hurricane..how bad is an extra day of dark during flower?