High pressure sodium help!!

420Ganjaman420

Active Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #1

So I have gotten two high pressure sodium bulbs, 150 watts, and neither of them will work in any light fixture I put them in.

Why could this be?
Help please.

 

Dirtyboy

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #2

You are kidding right?

 

MrFishy

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #3

I think ya gotta use fixtures made for HPS lights, with appropriate ballast(s).

 

mane2008

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #4

Whoa okay before you start a fire bra. Did you just buy da bulbs n no ballast n no mogul? You need a ballast reflector n mogul socket dats especially made for a 150 w bulb aka 150w hps ballast.
here a pic of my MH see dat cord dats hooked to a mogul socket bra

 

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herbose

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #5

You're kidding....right?
OK, I'll assume you're not kidding.
Do you have an HPS ballast?
Doesn't sound like it.
Check some online hydro stores and see what the whole setup looks like.

 

greenhorn08

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #6

Do you have a ballast for 150w hps? It wont work in regular sockets.

 

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NoDrama

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #7

yeah you need a ballast to make HPS lights work, basically a ballast is a big transformer that converts the household current into a higher voltage that the lamp needs to power up. HPS lights will not work at all without a ballast.

 

420Ganjaman420

Active Member

• Aug 6, 2008

• #8

Alright thanks guys or girls. Thats what I thought but I was just making sure.

 

GrowTech

stays relevant.

• Aug 6, 2008

• #9

Yeah well I was poisoned by a doctor as a kid.

-GT

 

ganjaman4/20

Well-Known Member

• Aug 8, 2008

• #10

Nice name haha

 

piFFstAr407

Well-Known Member

• Aug 8, 2008

• #11

bro.. return those bulbs to wherever you bought them.. goto htgsupply's store on ebay and buy a 400w hps/mh kit.. comes w/ ballast, reflector, mh and hps bulb, u can pick a kit up for like $100+ shipping. blaze on.

 

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techhead420

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2008

• #12

Sometimes you need to hit the bulbs with a hammer real hard to get them to work. If that doesn't work then get a bigger hammer.

(sorry man!)

 

bringtherain

Active Member

• Aug 9, 2008

• #13

Wow!!! Square peg round hole if I ever heard it.

 

havocdb

Well-Known Member

• Aug 9, 2008

• #14

due to intervention, darwinism fails once more.