HPS Bulb question

No problem, just remember when it comes to sodium lamps the main difference is the marketing and packaging. Don't be fooled by over paying there's not to many ways a sodium lamp can be made or operated.
 
you can run a MH bulb in an HPS ballast (same wattage of course) But not the other way around. A HPS bulb will NOT fire in a MH ballast.
-HPS bulbs use an igniter to light whereas MH bulbs dont. HPS ballasts are built with the igniter & MH ballasts are not. HPS bulbs wont fire in an MH ballast because it has no ignoter. Conversion bulbs are necessary for the MH ballasts to run HPS bulbs. Hope this helps
 
Rule of thumb when working with Magnetic ballasts. Match the ANSI code and you will be perfect every time, don't guess with bulbs and ballasts the risk isn't work the short in your system or random fire.
 
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