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Old 09-27-2007, 09:30 PM
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I have a 400w hps/mh conversion and I was wondering what are some of the safety hazards of the ballast? Also, where is the best place to put the ballast if you dont plan to mount it on the wall or hang it up? any advice would be great, thanks
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Old 09-27-2007, 09:35 PM
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When you say conversion do you mean switchable or are you meaning you use conversion bulbs in either a mh or hps ballast?Is its digital or magnetic?Outside of a grow room is good for magnetic ballast anywhere is good I like higher as the heat stay above the room and if you spill any liquids they are safe.If your using conversion bulbs make sure you use the correct conversion for the type of ballast. Never mist or get moisture on a hot bulb they will explode. Dont touch the bulb with your bare hands as the oils left on the glass can cause hot spots that burnt the glass and exploded.Use a good grounded outlet and when using timers get one that is made for the wattage and amps your gonna be using.Same with multi plug strips
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i have a 1000k hps ballast but my MH bulb works fine with it?
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waffle if its a straight magnetic hps ballast and your sticking a regular mh bulb in there your a fire waiting to happen since hps light ballasts have an igniter in the setup and mhs dont so it will eventually try to ignite the mh bulb and through a huge charge into the mh bulb and blow it.If its digital most of those now dont even have a switch anymore as the ballast detcet the bulb type at start up and uses whats needed to fire it up correct.
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filthy thanx for the warning. Question :

How often would u think a fire would start? I just want to ask because i've seen a buddy that have done something like this at first when i started growing and i thought he had a conversion MH bulb, then i was speaking with ngt last night and he also told me he have done this and i went tried it for myself and it worked. I know its dangerous but the buddy of mine that have done that i did remember he ran that light for a long time like 2 wk veg time and switch back to his hps bulb for flower.
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You never can tell I have seen them blow up when people have tried to use them. There was a post on this site showing what happend to someone who did it and they lost some fingers and aneye I think from the glass. You can try it if you want but call any hydro shop or email any web site that sells them and they will tell you what will happen.
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Someone needs to make a tutorial to add a switch to disable the igniter in the HPS ballast, then you have yourself a switchable ballast =).
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lol you can build your own switchable but as cheap as the new digital ballasts are why bother since they are switchable. $99 for 400 watts and $119 for 600 watters not bad
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how about 1000k watters? And Ferncake says digi's send signals out to the Po Po.

I'm already paying 220 each for my 1k watters hps =(
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I buy my 1000watters slightly used most I paid was $60 for 1.Ferns wrong. That was an issue that lumetek had with thier digitals when they first came out as they used a cheaper unshield wire that allowed radio interference.Nowe that that old issue was found its been corrected.They used the double shileded wires so no radio interference.Heres some prices at marylandhydro.com I see 2 different 1000 watt switchable light right off hand
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