400w hps bulb in 150w hps fixture

[farmerDRO]

ok i got a new bulb and didnt get the ballast the bulb fits and is on is it the same as before? is it better ? will there be a fire lol? please help

 

[Boneman]

Bulbs are matched to the ballast. A higher wattage bulb usually works in a lower wattage ballast and so forth, but you are not getting the ultimate light the bulb is designed to provide. Match um up for best performance. Electricity is not worth messing around with and you are only adding danger by mix matching.

 

[desert fox]

You can use them in a pinch. Its perfectly safe. running a higher rated bulb than your ballast. Never the other way around. I would still get the right bulb though. Spectum might be off because your not drive the bulb with what it wants, and not using it to its fullest potential.

 

[farmerDRO]

ok but it will be more than 150 watt on the plant

 

[farmerDRO]

ok but it will be more than 150 watt on the plant

i have the 150 bulb i just started flowering not even a wweeek ago so i thiought this might work better what u think

 

[Nocturn3]

Just use the 150.

 

[farmerDRO]

Just use the 150.

ok ok im at the strt of week 2 of flowering and i see 2 females at least waiting for the males to chop them downnnnnnnn