metal halide help pls

[brillo2723]

I just recently bought a completely new set up including a 250 w metal halide pendant but discovered the ballast is for a dbl ended 250 bulb is there any way it can be rewired to handle a mogul base light?

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by brillo2723

I just recently bought a completely new set up including a 250 w metal halide pendant but discovered the ballast is for a dbl ended 250 bulb is there any way it can be rewired to handle a mogul base light?

Yeah shure,.. First - is it an electronic or magnatic ballast? Who makes it? If it is the magnetic DE ballast it will overdrive the Mogel bulbs and get more light out of them, but shorten there life.

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Whiskey

[brillo2723]

Thank you, It is a big heavy magnetic ballast, coralife makes it, its a big black box with a on off toggle switch on the side, when plugged in the black wire has 120v on it and the brown wire has 157v

[brillo2723]

Thank you, It is a big heavy magnetic ballast, coralife makes it, its a big black box with a on off toggle switch on the side, when plugged in the black wire has 120v on it and the brown wire has 157v

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by brillo2723

Thank you, It is a big heavy magnetic ballast, coralife makes it, its a big black box with a on off toggle switch on the side, when plugged in the black wire has 120v on it and the brown wire has 157v

I would be carefull with plugging that in having no bulb hooked up to it.

What it sounds like you have is a ANSI code M80 Magnetic ballast, it consists of a core, capacitor and ignitor, this can fire SE bulbs made to run off a Pulse start magnetic ballast (Not probe start, they have a built in ignitor). It will overdrive the bulbs slightly and decrease there life a touch, but replacing them every 9-12 months you will be fine. This overdrive is actually a good thing if you like bluer bulbs, but know that the bulbs will tend to burn whiter on DE ballasts.

Why do you want to run mogal bulbs off it?
Whiskey

[brillo2723]

I do have a bulb im not sure what kind it has no markings on it and when its plugged in i can c a glow it just doesnt fully ignite (im assuming). I bout the mogul based light at a spring sale and thought id give it a try its new and i wanted mhid lighting, I just hope i can use this ballast