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I rock 1000W Quantum Ballasts with Hortilux SuperHPS bulbs. Never had an issue, fires up fine, running good for a year now, only replaced a couple bulbs. I know, I know, spectrum shift, lumen loss, blah, blah, change em every 2 crops...blah, blah...fuck that..too expensive! Rock em till they are real orange or they die!! Never had a problem!
I wanted to diversify my light spectrum and add a few Metal Halide bulbs here and there. So the other day, I lost a HPS bulb, so I went to the store and I bought a regular Hortilux Metal Halide bulb. Upon replacing the busted bulb with the MH, the MH didn't fire. At first, I thought my ballast died and blew the bulb with it, but then I tried multiple hood, bulb, ballast combinations, and then just decided that the MH bulb they sold me was DOA. So I took it back to the shop and they stuck it into a mag ballast, and boom, it light up bright and perfect. I felt like a retard. So it was a limitation of my Quantum ballasts not firing up the Horti MH bulbs. Funny that I've been rocking Quantums since 09 and have never bothered to shove an MH in there till now.
Anyone have Quantums or another digi bulb with similar experiences?
Any recommendation on Metal Halide bulbs that will work on digitals, particularly the Quantum 1000Ws?
Here is what I've found so far:
SolarMax™ 1000 Watt Metal Halide Conversion Lamp - 7200° K
http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/solarmax™-1000-watt-metal-halide-conversion-lamp-7200°-p-441.html
Kinda pricey!
I wanted to diversify my light spectrum and add a few Metal Halide bulbs here and there. So the other day, I lost a HPS bulb, so I went to the store and I bought a regular Hortilux Metal Halide bulb. Upon replacing the busted bulb with the MH, the MH didn't fire. At first, I thought my ballast died and blew the bulb with it, but then I tried multiple hood, bulb, ballast combinations, and then just decided that the MH bulb they sold me was DOA. So I took it back to the shop and they stuck it into a mag ballast, and boom, it light up bright and perfect. I felt like a retard. So it was a limitation of my Quantum ballasts not firing up the Horti MH bulbs. Funny that I've been rocking Quantums since 09 and have never bothered to shove an MH in there till now.
Anyone have Quantums or another digi bulb with similar experiences?
Any recommendation on Metal Halide bulbs that will work on digitals, particularly the Quantum 1000Ws?
Here is what I've found so far:
SolarMax™ 1000 Watt Metal Halide Conversion Lamp - 7200° K
http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/solarmax™-1000-watt-metal-halide-conversion-lamp-7200°-p-441.html
Kinda pricey!