Didn't notice the link to that ipower ballast, its a good deal, i've been there with 2 cheap ballasts 1 being identical but 1000w. It melted inside the fuse holder 1 day shy of 2 years. Local grow store was absolutely awesome and gave me a brand new eballast mini as replacment. They said they...
I run 1000w ballasts during cooler parts of the year and switch to 600s during hit summer months. You'll be happy to have that extra 200 watts if at times your able to use it.
Looks nice. Definitely keep us updated, I have 3 blue og seeds that I haven't planted yet. Not much info as far as grow logs or pics on the net. Best pic I've seen of it yet. Mine are gonna sprout this round or next.
Actually it was amazon I got the 600w solis teks from 149.95 each free shipping my bad. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004VWORWA?cache=71e9a19424e18b49177be419e5c54df2&pi=SX200_QL40&qid=1412181383&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1
Get a 600w solis tek ballast if $160 isnt outta your price range, 160 delivered from nehydro. Set it on 400 and run a 400w bulb. If you wanna run 600w just set ballast to 600 and slap a 600w bulb in. I'll run nothing but solis tek ballasts and ushio bulbs since my first purchase, truly love um both.