would these commercial hid's work?

Me22

Active Member
Thats similar to wht I'll be using.. Mine are a little bigger.. but still 250 Watt MH Bulb.

Make sure they have the right ballast for your ability to power. Like w/ mine. I only had 2 out of 6 that had ballast that could be run on 120 Volt. And I had to re-wire them. The rest have 460Volt ballasts... Sucks.. but I found a bunch on HTGsupply.com that are not to $$$. Plus you could put bigger ballasts in for not much more $, allowing for higher wattage bulbs... Just don't over do it as the UL listing on the fixture is only rated for 250 watt.. But I don't see how if it not getting too hott, it should matter.

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bonz

Well-Known Member
looks like it would get pretty hot having the ballast in the same room. there are better set ups out there for cheaper. imo i would keep looking.
i got a 400 watt ballast 30 bucks, 430 watt hps 30 bucks, large cooled hood 70 bucks.
 

goblin7dg

Active Member
thanks for the replys, I just found out most of the important details, their actually 175 watts each and are huge!! The dude wants 50 bucks each and now I really dont think their worth it, because of my grow rooms limited space.
 
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