looking for minature lights

[Gazza2001au]

hey guys looking to set up my nephew and his mates with a little set up they will be using at his mates house looking to use a 100watt metal halide and a 100w-150w high pressure sodium lights ive been looking at getting the ballast kits from the USA and just using a step down power converter to run the lights has anyone wired up one of these ballast kits before? i would buy the lights locally but the smallest shops carry around here is the 175mh and even that is rare to find next light up is 250w not really interested in CFL's as i want them to get a good first harvest the lights will be going into a standard two door locker

[Ozzy420]

Hi Gazza, good to see ya back on the boards.

 

Have you tried aquarium suppliers for the 150w hps/mh they use those for fish tanks but there not cheap if i remember rite, but a lil hard to find in aust.

 

Or have a look here.

 

Or u will have to do it remove the sockets off the ends and replace with Aust ones.

 

And you can get the 150w hps/mh bulbs through Haymans Electrical, last time i got a Philips Sun-T 150w hps E40 screw in was $70, but that was at least 6 years back, so dont know how much they will be now.

 

150w hps/mh

[Gazza2001au]

thanks mate that ballast looks interesting but the cost will add up 2x those ballast plus 2x $70 globes than shipping on top plus shades and to buy the rest of the gear i dont think i can afford it as i will be paying for the gear

[Gazza2001au]

Ozzy are these the lights your talking about? if so i found the lamps in 4000k and 2700k for flowering can these be used without the cover? also found them with control boxes at bargain prices

http://www.onlinelighting.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=4458

http://www.onlinelighting.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=60_98&products_id=2890

[Ozzy420]

Yep that the type of thing i have, they are good for veg but havent used mine for bud yet so not 100% on how they will do but must be better then clf's.

 

The 150w ballast i have runs both mh and hps.

 

I use my shade i got with my 400w setup but i cant see why u shouldent be able to use the reflector that comes with it, if anything i would remove the glass from the front of it...

[Gazza2001au]

cheers mate i just sent off a email to see if the guy still has the lamps fingers crossed

[Auntynorm]

G'day Gazza.

 

I saw some 150w MH on Ebay a while ago. I got most of my kit from there. Cheap.

 

:guitar:

[Gazza2001au]

yeah i seen those ones on ebay also seen 70w and 150w MH digital ballast on ebay they sure look a lot less complicated than the old style ballast the digital ballast are $40 each and the lamp holder is something like $6 that seems like a bargain all they need is the wires connected from a power lead and wires extended to the lamp holder bunnings sells dimpled alloy sheets i can knock together a couple of shades with i just have to work out what all these terms mean asthere seems to be a few different model double ended MH globes

[Gazza2001au]

picked up a couple of the double ended lamps 70w and 150w i think im going to keep the 70w and use it in my monstagrow chamber for veg i have converted the 70w MH just need a chain to hang it that aluminum sheet is a prick to cut with scissors i got both lights for $60