Yes Deming was banned,
I was going to leave as well, but got a ton of emails asking me to stay, I was surprised, even one of the site moderators hit me up and said he wished I would stay too. :stoned:

as for your question.
If the ballast is labeled 250w, AND the bulb is also labeled 250w. Then you are in the clear. If one is 150w and the other 250, then there is a problem.

Sorry for getting into it last night with you. In all honestly we were just having a adult conversation, and Deming starts with the name calling, and everything snowballed after that.
I was just voicing my opinion. As you were as well, hopefully we can have intelligent conversations in the future without the name calling, regardless if you are in the "The Program Is Doomed" or "Lets do something group". Everytime Deming pops in a thread it goes south quicker than a flock of geese in the winter.
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