Quote Originally Posted by texas grass
if you get a switchable ballast get a digital ballast, they are smaller, run cooler, use less power, and can run both type of standard bulbs. but they are more expensive and you have to have it on a surge protector

you can use shop lights for your mother/veg area
I've always been drawn to those elec ones but fear taking a chance getting one. I hear some can be unreliable?