nah i payed 5 dollars to the mexican matenance guy, my buddy was going to try to swipe it from a building or something, he made that post, i have since changed my pass so he can make his own name if he want to do stuff like that, it was an old ballast but it works and i happend to get a 70 watt Metal Halide from the shop at work, i had to clean the thing up tho, there wer about 5 dead lizards and a million bugs in it but it works good, the heat it puts off is minimul i have a fan rite on it and i cant even feel too much heat i placed my hand inbetween it and the top of the plants and it dident burn me after 15 minutes so i think its good. is anyone els having trouble with the forums? are they checking things on the site? the threds just wouldent load any new posts for me earlyer its fine now.