Build your own HID-Ballast

[18wheeler]

Originally posted by nmd_sb
also anyone know if a High Pressure Sodium Ballast can handle a Metal halide bulb?

most cases, no.

[nmd_sb]

if any of you guys live near a home depot, can you check if they have a light kit that will accept a Metal Hallide bulb, i really appreciate it. thanks.

[brainchild]

Originally posted by nmd_sb
i couldnt get that link, but i went through the home page, and saw Description:350 Watt, Pulse Start, Metal Halide, Sola Ballast
is that the one yo meant?

Also, in Home Depot I saw a High Pressure Sodium flood light kit, does anyone know how much heat they put out?

Crazy they rebuilt their site right after I posted a link. Here's another link..

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category.php?category=26

They have metal halide bulbs at my Home Despot, but I'm not sure about the ballasts. I'll check for you if I'm headed by there.

[nmd_sb]

hmm, thats strange, I just went to Home Depot yesterday and asked an employee, and he said they dont have, unless he had no clue what it is.
do you remember the name of the brand?

[kcsabresfan]

I know for a fact that the Home Depots in my area carry MH bulbs... but not the little double ended ones... only the larger screw in type (blanking on the real name of them right now)

I have never asked, but I've never found a ballast there to run the bulbs they carry. If they have them, they don't shelve them with the other ballasts or with the bulbs.

[jcbklyny]

The bulb I'm using is a MH and the ballast is High Pressure Sodium. It's a HPS Retrofit bulb made for the job. You cant just use any bulb this way.

[nmd_sb]

jcbklyny , whats the model of your ballast? are you using a large HPS bulb?
I did see the huge 400W MH bulb at Home Depot today, but they dont have the ballast for it. Anyway that is too big for my projector, I need a small one.
Do you know if your HPS ballast will power a Xenon bulb?

another question off topic, my friend has a 3M 9100 OHP, its output is 2800 lumens, he wants to put the bulb made for the 3M 9700, which puts out 6000 lumens, I told him it should work, am I right????
Thanks.

[mathias]

Here you can find the most info about all types of discharge lamps and ballast.
http://members.misty.com/don/dschlamp.html

[mathias]

I´m now finished with my electronic ignitor, it´s start the HID in a more professional way and it´s more reliable. You can easy find parts for it, it´s actually a normal lightdimmer circuit.

[mathias]

A picture of the Ignitor.