Did I score, or did I just haul off somebody else's junk?

Let me preface this buy saying that I'm an outdoor guy, and know next to nothing about lights.

Some folks I know just moved into a rental house, and there was a bunch of crap left behind in the garage. These lights were among the crap. They're 110V, 400W HPS, and they all work. Only came with three bulbs though, so I had to move them around to test all the hoods and ballasts. I traded four grams of my outdoor Blue Dream for the lot of them.

You did good, real good. 2 of those lights for an eighth (roughly) would have still been a good deal.

Shit, those look crazy.

What exactly did they use them for?

Look like they were used outdoors maybe? But shit HPS is HPS I just bought my set up for 120 you basically got 4 for an 8th Id say good deal

Unless you have really tall ceilings, you will want to remove the ballasts and make them remote. Probably the easiest way is to remove the bare components, there's just 3 parts, and put them in a new utility box. Depending on your indoor setup, you will probably want new reflectors too. The big bulky one piece units can go to the dumpster unless you can find a way to recycle (call a commercial lighting company and see if they want the donation). Each one of those cores is probably worth at least $50 so you made out like a bandit. I think 400 HPS are great because you can run ceramic metal halide (CMH) too if you want.

upthearsenal said:

Shit, those look crazy.

What exactly did they use them for?

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when i was a kid we lived on a horse ranch in the bay area. we had tons of these lights in our indoor arena for people who wanted to ride their horses at night.

D.S.M .... heck for 4 grams of something you didnt pay for. i think you may be able to turn around and sell them for 50-100$ a pop.

all i use are high bay lights that have been modified into remote configurations great find

Much thanks for the input, guys. I really appreciate it. It's great to finally come out ahead on one of these deals.