Who knows HID lights well? Opinions plz

Roger A. Shrubber

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theres nothing wrong with a good magnetic ballast, they'll last forever, but they aren't as efficient as a good electronic ballast, and they are prone to leak RF noise, so they can interfere with sensitive equipment, and while they can't be "tracked" the cable company can point to a house and tell that the interference is coming from that house....
 

S. African grower

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a fan shouldn't be a problem, ...maybe the humidifier, depends on how big it is. a 1k light on a 120 volt circuit takes 9 amps, i doubt your fan and humidifier together come anywhere close to 6 amps, that shouldn't have been a problem.
is it shutting your ballast down, or is it kicking the whole breaker off? if your breaker is kicking off, it's either bad, or there's more stuff on it than you're aware of. if it's kicking your ballast off....there's something very wrong
The breaker never tripped when it switched off,, the dehumidifier pull 22l/day so it's medium size?
 

S. African grower

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you only need a conversion bulb for ballasts that aren't rated for both, yours shouldn't need one...actually not sure one would even operate in your ballast
I have this one MH bulb that came off a ship, it's 'self ballasting'. A year or so ago I connected it straight to a E40 socket and plugged it in and done a whole veg.. Why don't people grow with these since ballasts arnt too cheap?
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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I have this one MH bulb that came off a ship, it's 'self ballasting'. A year or so ago I connected it straight to a E40 socket and plugged it in and done a whole veg.. Why don't people grow with these since ballasts arnt too cheap?
i don't know, never looked into them. i would suspect it's an efficiency issue, or perhaps they get too warm to run in an enclosed fixture?
 

S. African grower

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The dual-ark bulb is also running smooth,. I'm going to test the old bulbs tomorrow and if they work, ima feel real bad about complaining to the supplier and getting new. Although I did offer to send the old bulbs back and they said don't worry.. I guess they smiling with how much I've spent at their store thag a few free bulbs don't matter to them.
 

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