Can I Put A 600 Watt Bulb In A 1000 Watt Ballast

You can of course run a 600w hps bulb at a slightly higher wattage with the super lumens switch.

Can i put a 600 watt bulb in a 1000 watt ballast. This however intrigued me. Riu look on a lighter note my instincts tell me not to stick a 600w bulb in a 1000w ballast but i dont think twice about what wattage bulb im sticking into my desk lamp. Or digital ballast where they have a 1000w max and dimmable to 600w and 400w with the 1000w bulb. For starters i do know that it s always best to run a bulb and ballast that belong together so lets get that debate out of the way lol.

I am sure that a 1000 watt dimmed to 500 watts 50 will fire a 600 watt bulb. There has got to be a simple explanation as to whether it is or isnt safe to do s0up. The dimming does hurt the overall life of the bulbs in the long run but really 2 or 3 grows on a bulbs is about the max you want to really put on bulbs anyways. If you have a 400w you can put a 430w in an hps ballast.

I was on ebay pricing 600 watt ballasts and i noticed on one of the 1000 watt ballasts that the dimmable amounts were in percentages. You need to use a 250w bulb if you intend running your ballast at 250w a 400w bulb at 400w etc. 100 75 and 50. Hi mate don t run a 600w bulb at 250w they the bulbs aren t designed to burn at that wattage.

Yes you can use a smaller watt bulb with a higher watt ballast your bulb will only use 600 watts it won t burn up. I just want to know why it doesn t work.