Ballast Wattage

[dontexist21]

I was wondering how many watts a Digital Electronic ballast used by itself? One like this.

 

[crazy7605150]

well if it says 200w ballest then it uses 200w.... if it says 800 then uses 800w ... if it says 1000w then uses 1000w..... are you asking how many kilowatts its ganna use over a period of time to find out the price its ganna cost to run....??

 

[dontexist21]

well if it says 200w ballest then it uses 200w.... if it says 800 then uses 800w ... if it says 1000w then uses 1000w..... are you asking how many kilowatts its ganna use over a period of time to find out the price its ganna cost to run....??

Sorry if people misunderstood I heard that a ballast by itself uses wattage, like if you are running a 600 W it uses 650 W. I was wondering about that.

 

[Hairy Bob]

You're right, the ballast does use power, and the rating is only for what the bulb uses. Generally a ballast will use 5-10% of the bulbs power, so a 600 will actually use 630-660w.
Digi ballasts supposedly use less power on the assumption that they run cooler than magnetics, but the ones I have used and seen seem to run just as hot imo, so go figure.

 

[nellyatcha]

You're right, the ballast does use power, and the rating is only for what the bulb uses. Generally a ballast will use 5-10% of the bulbs power, so a 600 will actually use 630-660w.
Digi ballasts supposedly use less power on the assumption that they run cooler than magnetics, but the ones I have used and seen seem to run just as hot imo, so go figure.

a 400w ballast is going to use 452 w so yea thats right so doube that for a 800w and 1 1/2 for a 1000w

 

[nellyatcha]

I was wondering how many watts a Digital Electronic ballast used by itself? One like this.

check this out i have a 400w mh ballast and im using a 430 hps in it

no b.s and its a coil ballast . you can see in the pics there is no ignitor as well


https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/214801-you-can-use-hps-mh.html