150w hps light ???

aight i just got 2 150w medium base HPS light bulbs from lowes and im gonna use them for the budding stage along with some CFL's, but when i got home and screwed the light bulb into the socket it wouldnt turn on....the lamp i screwed it into said it had a 150w max, so im just wonderin why it aint workin???

Did you screw them into a regular household socket? If so, that's probably why. Most HPS lights need a ballast. Lowes has the 70 watt hps self ballast security lights on sale for like $30... Read up on here.

If you want a kick ass low cost 150 HPS go here... http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=7&FGNumber=E-MT6H151G

SmokeyMcSmokester said:

If you want a kick ass low cost 150 HPS go here... http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=7&FGNumber=E-MT6H151G

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I just got mine in, and am working on rigging it up, right now it's very ghetto... how do you (or anybody) rig their e-cono 150 HPS for their plants?

Check out this thread..this guy did a pretty sweet job wiring his econo light. https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/122883-150w-hps-grow.html

leggoeggo said:

I just got mine in, and am working on rigging it up, right now it's very ghetto... how do you (or anybody) rig their e-cono 150 HPS for their plants?

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I just got mine and placed it upright in the center of my grow- with the glass housing but without the security cage (it'll slide right off). All the little ones are in a circle around it. I have overhead fluorescent lighting to supplement and my plants are loving it.

yeah that should be good. make sure they're not too close.

haha ding dong u need a ballast for hid lighting that was a joke right just kidding but yeah keep them as spares and go to econlighting and get u some vapor tight lamps for 20 bucks Hope that helps