Yes, its a cheap bulb he got for 40 bucks on ebay ... Xbrite.
Never been used I thought Id run it for a while to see how it did, lol if not explode... idk about that. Will probably just run a normal HPS bulb.

The ballast is a C.A.P. Xtreme not the new generation but still never fired.

And to your third question..... i don't know what to tell you. im not really sure why you asked.