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Can you use a 100 watt metal halide bulb in a 150 watt lamp?
Not recommended. It would work but shorten lamp life and may cause risk of fire. However, if you just wanted to check a lamp was capable of striking it would be ok for a few minutes. I've done the opposite in the past and used a 150w lamp with a 100w ballast. Works, but not good for any of the components, including lamp.
Can you use a 70 watt high pressure sodium bulb in a 100 watt ballast?
No. The bulb has to match the ballast wattage exactly. And you can't interchange different lamps (like metal halide) either. The ballast is specific to that wattage and lamp type. The bulb will either burn out quickly or just not work properly at all
Can you use a 65 watt fluorescent bulb in a metal halide light fixture?
No, the ballast's output is not matched to operate a fluorescent bulb.
What to use to power a sodium bulb?
Sodium lamps use a ballast that can be powered from multiple voltage supplies. The ballast has tri or quad tap primaries and you select the tap for the voltage that is on hand.
Is a T8 ballast and T8 bulb more efficient then a T12 ballast and a T8 bulb?
In a T* ballast and T8 bulb more energy efficient then a T12 ballast and a T8 bulb? A:Depends on the CURRENT through the tube. When the Tube is run at 100% of rating, The T12 Takes more CURRENT to give a certain Brightness. Because the surface of the T8 is closer to the ion stream through the tube, it takes less CURRENT to light up the T8 to the same brightness. However, IF you use a T12 in a T8 ballast, you will get LESS CURRENT through the tube, and LESS POWER consumed ALONG with LESS Light.
Can you use a 150w hps bulb in a 150w mh ballast?
The MH ballast will not have the ignitor required to power up the HPS bulb. I have 1000w ballast that can be switched between HPS and MH with a singe switch just by disabling the ignitor for the MH. I would look into conversion bulbs, or else check out this site for $20 150w HPS ballast with bulb. http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=7&FGNumber=E-MT6H151G If it doesnt appear, sellect vapor tights, then the 150hps.
Can you use a 100 watt metal halide bulb in a 150 watt lamp?
Not recommended. It would work but shorten lamp life and may cause risk of fire. However, if you just wanted to check a lamp was capable of striking it would be ok for a few minutes. I've done the opposite in the past and used a 150w lamp with a 100w ballast. Works, but not good for any of the components, including lamp.
Can you use a 70 watt high pressure sodium bulb in a 150 watt ballast?
No, you can not use a 150 watt high pressure sodium bulb with a 70 watt ballast.
Can you use a 70 watt high pressure sodium bulb in a 100 watt ballast?
No. The bulb has to match the ballast wattage exactly. And you can't interchange different lamps (like metal halide) either. The ballast is specific to that wattage and lamp type. The bulb will either burn out quickly or just not work properly at all
Can you use 250W metal halide bulb in a 1000W metal halide ballast?
No. The lamp has to match the ballast. The lamp will not ignite if the wrong ballast is used.
When you need to use metal halide conversion bulb?
When you want to use a MH bulb in an HPS ballast you must use a conversion bulb. It must be the same wattage as the HPS bulb
Can you use a 65 watt fluorescent bulb in a metal halide light fixture?
No, the ballast's output is not matched to operate a fluorescent bulb.
What to use to power a sodium bulb?
Sodium lamps use a ballast that can be powered from multiple voltage supplies. The ballast has tri or quad tap primaries and you select the tap for the voltage that is on hand.
How many watts does a 60 wattflourescent bulb use?
60 watts. The ballast also uses this same amount
Is a T8 ballast and T8 bulb more efficient then a T12 ballast and a T8 bulb?
In a T* ballast and T8 bulb more energy efficient then a T12 ballast and a T8 bulb? A:Depends on the CURRENT through the tube. When the Tube is run at 100% of rating, The T12 Takes more CURRENT to give a certain Brightness. Because the surface of the T8 is closer to the ion stream through the tube, it takes less CURRENT to light up the T8 to the same brightness. However, IF you use a T12 in a T8 ballast, you will get LESS CURRENT through the tube, and LESS POWER consumed ALONG with LESS Light.
Can you use metal halide bulb in Uhp ballast?
It depends if its AC or DC, you have to match the Watts and the AC/DC.. so for example a 150watt UHP AC ballast will work with a 150watt AC metal halide bulb. dont take my word on this though, this is 2nd hand information.
How many T8 fixtures can go on one 20 amp circuit?
Divide 20A by the Amps listed on the label of each fixture ballast. A T8 bulb will use an electronic ballast. They generally run 1A for four 4 foot bulbs. Try 15 four bulb fixtures per circuit and use a 20A rated switch.
