TylerDurden119
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i have been seeing sooo much misinformation about digital ballasts i wanted to post this for everyone to see.
1. a 1k ballast set at 400 watts will only use 400 watts(regardless of bulb size)
2. a 1k bulb will work on the 400 and 600 watt setting. you do not have to buy the corresponding bulb.
3. the light spectrum does not change as the wattage is dialed down. a 1k bulb set at 400 watts has the same spectrum as @ 1k.(n if it does it is so negligible its not even a worry). this one is harder to explain but the best i can say is imagine holding a colored ballon over a flash light at full power. you would have a red aura projecting a certain distance. but if you only had half the power in the flashlight it would only project taht red aura half as far. thats the best i can do and i think tahts pretty good.
if you would like to test for yourself. go buy an ammeter and hook it around the live wire running to your subpanel and dial up and down the wattages and see how the reading changes. and since electricity is math and math doesn't lie. the formula for watts in AC power format is complex but the basic premise of watts being on one side of the equation and amps being on the other dictates that it one changes the other must as well. kinda like if you have 1+1=2 you couldn't have 1+1=3
i hope this clears up a lot of confusion about these new ballasts. we all came here to learn. lets learn the truth!
1. a 1k ballast set at 400 watts will only use 400 watts(regardless of bulb size)
2. a 1k bulb will work on the 400 and 600 watt setting. you do not have to buy the corresponding bulb.
3. the light spectrum does not change as the wattage is dialed down. a 1k bulb set at 400 watts has the same spectrum as @ 1k.(n if it does it is so negligible its not even a worry). this one is harder to explain but the best i can say is imagine holding a colored ballon over a flash light at full power. you would have a red aura projecting a certain distance. but if you only had half the power in the flashlight it would only project taht red aura half as far. thats the best i can do and i think tahts pretty good.
if you would like to test for yourself. go buy an ammeter and hook it around the live wire running to your subpanel and dial up and down the wattages and see how the reading changes. and since electricity is math and math doesn't lie. the formula for watts in AC power format is complex but the basic premise of watts being on one side of the equation and amps being on the other dictates that it one changes the other must as well. kinda like if you have 1+1=2 you couldn't have 1+1=3
i hope this clears up a lot of confusion about these new ballasts. we all came here to learn. lets learn the truth!