Electrical wattage knowing person needed....

[icebear]

I am using this (the ballast pictured below) to OD a 24", 17 watt bulb.

Any estimate on the actual OD level i am getting?


thanks!

[Twitterbait]

1,000,000,000.009 watts?.... i have no clue so here is a bump

[Reefmo]

You really cant tell from the information given. Or at least I can't

If you are comfortable using a multimeter you could measure the current that is being drawn from the wall and we could figure it out that way.

Dont know of any other way off hand.

[crvz]

It'll cost you!

Seriously, though, how I would go about doing it is getting a meter to measure the wattage of the ballasts pulling from the wall (or amperage). I use a kill-a-watt, which has proven pretty useful. Then, assume about 90% effeciency, maybe a little less, and you can estimate a wattage per bulb. That would get you close, if nothing else.

[icebear]

awesome, thanks... hmmm.... maybe i'll get that for hubby for his birthday....hmmmm....