HPS:Help Please

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trying2growmyown

Active Member

May 18, 2008

• #1

so i went to the hardware store today and bought a 70w HPS bulb, just for now. the guy told me that i should be able to plug it into any regular light socket.......yet no socket has worked with it.

Do I need a special socket or something to get my HPS to light?

 

JuicyFruit420

Active Member

May 18, 2008

• #2

it should work with any socket....does it have a regular plug?

 

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gangjababy

Well-Known Member

May 18, 2008

• #3

well, you need a 70 watt hps ballast, The guy didn't know what he was talking about!

 

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trying2growmyown

Active Member

May 18, 2008

• #4

ok, two different answers.
1. no socket works.
2. he said nothing of a ballast, and i only vaguely know....any help would be awesome....

 

KAOSOWNER

Well-Known Member

May 18, 2008

• #5

You need a balast to run that bulb, with a balast it will plug into any wall outlet but it will not fit into a regular light fixture or lamp fixture.

 

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trying2growmyown

Active Member

May 18, 2008

• #6

so if i get a ballast, does the bulb plug directely into the ballast or am i looking at having to purchase a ballast and a fixture?

 

BlueCheesey

Well-Known Member

May 18, 2008

• #7

directly into the ballast, but the ballast has to be the same WATT as the bulb

 

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trying2growmyown

Active Member

May 18, 2008

• #8

so does it need to be a specific ballast, because looking so far all i've seen is metal halide ballasts and HID (which i thought was the category that included MH and HPS)?