Quote Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Good advice^^^^

You know a capacitor will store a charge and can still give you a lethal shock even if it's "unplugged," right?

Buy a commercially produced ballast. If you want to you can always sell it later (which you can't easily do with a homebrew stuff).

This is not the type of equipment to learn on.

Stay safe,

AC/DC Hermie
yea i have been shocked by a few capacitors in my time>.> not very pleasant. does anyone have an estimated price for a 400watt setup and a 600watt setup? i dont have a lot of money and i dont want to get ripped off