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stainlessdonkey
04/13/2003, 09:47 AM
Does anyone know if these ballasts will work for MH? I have 2 of them and would LOVE to add 350 watts MH to my 130w PC on my 55!
RandomChaos
04/13/2003, 11:49 AM
I have these ballast in the 400w version running 2-400W 10K's and 1-400W 20K on my 140.

Mine say on the sticker however 1-400W Metal Halide
Yours say on the sticker 1-175W Mercury Lamp

Dont know if that is of any difference or not.

But the Advance ballasts seem pretty good to me.
stainlessdonkey
04/13/2003, 02:55 PM
That is the key reason I am asking. Some say you can use mercury vapor ballasts with metal halide, but I want a surefire answer before throwing some more money at this thing!
mike_ripple
04/14/2003, 01:34 AM
I don't belive that it will work for any MH bulb, but I could be wrong.
Paul B
04/14/2003, 08:37 AM
Mercury ballasts do not work for MH lamps. I wish they did I have a bunch of them
scrapoli
04/14/2003, 08:41 AM
This is the phone number to Advance transformer.

(800) 372-3331

They will tell you everything you need to know about it.
They helped me out greatly when I hooked mine up.
McSierra
04/14/2003, 01:49 PM
Originally posted by scrapoli
This is the phone number to Advance transformer.

(800) 372-3331

They will tell you everything you need to know about it.
They helped me out greatly when I hooked mine up.


If you look at the bottom of page 4:

http://www.advancetransformer.com/literature/pdf/EH-5000-R01.pdf

It will tell you how to read the "User - Friendly Catalog Numbers"