So went to a pretty big good ol boy farmer's auction and wouldn't you know it they had two self contained (ballast and hood combo) 250w mh lights that were to be sold as a pair. Not being sure if they both worked but figured none of the other hicks would have wanted to fight me for them I bid on them,,, and got both thats right both for a meer $5.50. Got home plugged one in and it works just fine and the other seems to need a switch and they both could use new bulbs but other then that seems like a steal to me. I may just redo my veg box ideas or bloom box at some point. My air cooled sun system and mogul setup was around 400 bucks so this is too cool not to mention...