Not sure......

I just got an order in the mail from the hydro store. I purchased a 400 watt MH conversion bulb. This is the link to what I purchased. http://www.hydroponics.net/i/242025
The bulb that showed up doesn't have anything on the package that says it will work in a sodium ballast.
I called the shop and the dude swears that it will. He says that the manufacturer changed the packaging a year or so ago.
The bulb that I have here is a sunmaster - neutral delux.

I'll post a pic.

Anyone know anything about sunmaster lamps? Will this fire up in my sodium ballast?

Laterz

that lamp will NOT work on a HPS control box this is what a MH conversion lamp looks like this is lamp will run on a HPS control box but will emit white light like a metal halide that bulb u have pictured is a standard MH veg lamp

Ok. I called the shop to tell them they were getting the bulb back and they, once again, told me to try it because they were certain that that bulb was it. So yesterday I had the chance to try it while I was cleaning the growroom and the plants were elsewhere.

I screwed the bulb in and plugged in the ballast and jumped behind the bed waiting for the bulb to blow up. LOL. It fired up normally and after 5 minutes was at full output. I left it on for over an hour.

So now my question is, what happens to a standard MH bulb that is energized with a HPS ballast? Will it still light up but then a few months down the road blow up or loose intensity? I'm just trying to figure out if the guy was right and I DO have a new style of conversion bulb or if a standard MH will run in a HPS ballast for a little while.

One guy I believe said that it would flick on and off but that was one guy only not really to sure whats suppose to happen.