bulb not working!

[Rekap]

ok so my bulb is not working. i have a 400watt hps ballast. can i go buy a 150watt hps from HD and use that with my 400 watt ballast until my new bulb arrives? answer please ASAP before the stores all close

Rekap Reviewed by Rekap on 01-20-2006. bulb not working! ok so my bulb is not working. i have a 400watt hps ballast. can i go buy a 150watt hps from HD and use that with my 400 watt ballast until my new bulb arrives? answer please ASAP before the stores all close :( :( :( Rating: 5

[Da1KrayzieThug]

I think so, but I'm not sure.

[Rekap]

BUMP

SOMEONE PLEASE :P

[Da1KrayzieThug]

Bro, if anything get some red spectrum (around 2400K) CFL's or something to last you till you can get a new bulb. The plants won't like explode if you change their light spectrum for a little while. Goodluck.

[litespeed]

read the out put 400watt hps ballast and then the bulb
i know that 400 to 1000 will work so maybe the 150 to 400 will work,,, Z had a write up on it about 2 mo ago.

[Sativagrowin]

The home depot here carries 400 watt HPS bulbs. They just don't have the ballast's. Call them up and ask them and if they don't I bet a HD somewhere near you does. I just went to HD's website and searched for 400 watt sodium and the bulb came up. $45.96 a piece.

My rule is to match the bulb with the ballast. No exceptions. (unless it's a conversion bulb)

Laterz

[daima]

No, you can not. do not attempt this.
any hydroponic shop can and will any questions you have. be safe.

dai*ma

[Zandor]

No that bulb uses a smaller voltage to start up so your 400w would blow it up.

[Rekap]

bulbs odly working now...the power blew a breaker. and when the breaker was fixed the bulb still didnt work, and then it just came on a couple hours later....??? and is working fine now. im pretty sure its just because the breaker got messed up....

[amstron]

lol