4x250=1000?
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WHAT! since when! dang that is a good price for a 250w
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yeah i know thats why i got the 2 for 5 bucks ones cause those were like 27 bucks i think ima need to get me some
Just make sure you talk to an electrician or someone who knows a little somethin somethin about electrical... I would say NO, but I am afraid to hook up jumper cables to a car... Me no likey playing with electricity.... 
Stix
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You wouldn't wire them in series. You would wire them in parallel. I don't think 1 ballast would be able to fire 4 seperate bulbs. The ballast is only designed to fire 1 bulb. I think you would have a problem with the capacitor. I strongly suggest you do not try it. You could end up overloading the ballast causing a fire. Even if it did work at first I think you would have a serious problem if one of the bulbs went bad. Then you have a 1000 watt ballast feeding 750 watts of light. Not a good mix.
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DrTentgrow
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Just an idea if they have alot of these bulbs then buy the lot! then sell them on ebay and with the money you have made put towards seperate 250w ballasts.
Damn Doc, lol thats a very good call, i was also thinking of runnin 4 250w hps, but locals are telling me to run a 1k hps, i dont think its at all necessary for the space provided i figured for the space two 400s would be more than enough i WILL be using premium soilwith quality nutes, though i was thinkin of runnin two month harvest turnaround with 6 plants harvested every two mo. anyone have any words of advice? Closet= 2.5ft deep,7ft wide. 8 tall, i have two vegin' white widow,2 bubba k , and 2 hindu , atm. thanks for anyones advice.
cannalearna
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If you want to build your own light go to a lighting supply website and for $50 or so you'll have a 500w HPS kit or whatever size you want.
