Some useful HID lighting Information-Ballasts!

[Dutch Pimp]

:thumbsup:....http://www.eyehortilux.com/EYELU600.pdf

Dutch Pimp Reviewed by Dutch Pimp on 06-28-2009. Some useful HID lighting Information-Ballasts! :thumbsup:....http://www.eyehortilux.com/EYELU600.pdf Rating: 5

[tinytoon]

looks like nice info DP but I will have to reread it when awake

[oldmac]

Elcellent information Dutch.

I saw you post it last nite on the other thread, but had no time to comment. It shows the difference between magnetic and electronic ballast to be even less then I thought.

Also thought that the power usage of the electronic ballast was higher then I thought but I took the opportunity to check a Lumatek 600w ballast last night, and was surprised. It was clocking 634 watts total usage to drive a 600w HPS bulb. As eye's example of a 600w magnetic showed a 690 watt use the savings is less the 60 watts.

Between what I know of the 1kw mags I'm using and seeing thier 600w numbers it is pretty safe to say an old fashioned iron core ballast uses abt 15% over bulb wattage. And that most electronic ballasts are not 99% efficent as I once thought.

Considering your older then dirt, not a bad find at all.

[Dutch Pimp]

Considering your older then dirt, not a bad find at all.

...I'm constantly digging...:detective1:...'the truth is out there'

[phatsesh101]

since your older than dirt you shouldt have to dig far, u should be covered in it


always useful stuff thanks :thumbsup:

[Dutch Pimp]

Hortilux is probably tired of peeps blaming their lamp failures, on their lamps...instead of fucked up Chinese digital/electronic ballasts!

this could have only happened on the internet

[jimmy21]

Makes a pretty good stand for magnetic ballasts. The little money saved in efficiency is lost in early lamp failure

[Dutch Pimp]

"there's a sucker born every minute"-P.T.Barnum

[sergentjunk]

Love the info Dutch. Thanks for posting that. I guess there's no school like the old school. Thanks for schooling me

*junk

[420barista]

So What is Better?

from what I read the new electronic ballasts are more efficient and are better for long bulb life.

I am thinking on getting a Lumatek 400w Digital Ballast to fire up a Mh and HPS(no not at the same time). But if I hear that the old magnetics are better then I wont go digital.

Help me out folks this old dog is tryin a new hobby. and I want to do it right.