Ok, not that I agree with where this information came from, but I do know that it works. I was wondering from those who know lighting, could I use this ballast and wire to a different socket. Or would I be able to use a light like this with a 7" lilliput. As you can see all these items can be purchased for $55 at Home depot which is Ballast, Wiring, and bulb. From the looks of it though a different bulb and socket might be better. Let me know what you guys think before I go and buy one.
How to Make a 175w Mercury Vapor Security Light into a Metal Halide Light for $55
If anyone wants to give me credit for providing useful info for once, that would be cool. I just want to contribute but don't have the balls to dive right into the project.
Thanks
Squeeky
How to Make a 175w Mercury Vapor Security Light into a Metal Halide Light for $55
If anyone wants to give me credit for providing useful info for once, that would be cool. I just want to contribute but don't have the balls to dive right into the project.
Thanks
Squeeky
Word of advice, please give a work warning to this post! I just opened it here at work, and trust me, pullnig up a web forum about growing cannibus IS NOT A GOOD THING!!!!
I apologize!
I'm extremely sorry, didn't think twice about posting. But as I'm replying at work, I HIGHLY understand the concern. In the future I'll make sure to do so. If you did get a chance to look at it, do you feel that would be a good deal, when in use with 7"lilliput?
I'm extremely sorry, didn't think twice about posting. But as I'm replying at work, I HIGHLY understand the concern. In the future I'll make sure to do so. If you did get a chance to look at it, do you feel that would be a good deal, when in use with 7"lilliput?
Lol, thats a strange place to find potentially useful information, but what confuses me is that one picture shows a lamp producing blue light, like a uv lamp, and the later pictures show lamps producing white light. What changed between these two pictures? Or is the blue just caused by the blue flooring?
You can never change a Mercury Vapor lamp into a metal Halide lamp. Never!! And the only thing they do is remove the plastic cap form the reflector.
So only if you want to grow weed, then its a great tip 😀
So only if you want to grow weed, then its a great tip 😀
so wait I read around in the forums there and plenty of people are using that ballast and socket to power a MH. Just curious why you feel it wont work?
doughboy said:
bulb type or bulb wattage? cuz it would seem to be wattage. can someone confirm this cuz i am very curious.
thanks in advance,
Aidan
Aidan Isaac Lev said:
Bulb type, because they run on different voltages, and some run on different frequencies I think (maybe they don't care about the frequency, but some ballasts have different frequncies)
bobharry said:
so the itercangabilaty displayed in the growers thred is the exeption rather than the rule?
oh well, at least now I know🙁
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