cheap mh ballasts in calgary?
 

anyone know which hydroponic store is best to get a cheap 250watt mh ballast? in calgary

It's usually cheaper to get them at a commercial lighting distributor.

i went to a place off of macleod beside partsource and for a 250 watt mh balast and reflector it was 250.00

i'm going to quick grow..250watt ballast $109, its the raw ballast though, no casing.

Do you have a Bartle and Gibson in Calgary? IIRC a 250W ballast was like $90...bare ballast of course.

I wanna the place too... what is the address of the store to buy cheap MH ballast locally?

its quick grow its on edmonten trail just south of mcknight i beleive

yes there is a few here, just phoned them, they dont have metal halide ballasts :(

just looked up brite-lite $60 for mh 250 watt ballast :biggrin:

so for 2 250 watt mh lights its 120 plus cost of bulbs and reflectors??? and all u have to do is mount to canopy and add a fan?

You also have to wire it up yourself.

is it hard to do does ne one have a skimatic or a guid of how to do this??

Hey Scott, remember when Rona relamped the whole store?
All those lights were 400w tri voltage MH. 400w was a bit to much for what I wanted, but I should have taken the free one Mike was going to give me. When I finally decided I wanted one, they were all sent to some warehouse.

yah i hadent thought about an aquarium at that time too bad it prolly could have saved me some money lol

It isn't as hard as I thought it would be when I hooked mine up. There should be a wiring diagram right on the ballast when you get it.

If you want to do the mail order route this Winnipeg hydroponics store ships. 250 watt is $79.00 + 12.00 shipping

http://www.canadianwholesalehydropon...ts=1&catpage=3

exactly, it was easy :) got it today, wired it up and was running in 5 mins.

you also need a box to put the ballast in, i picked up a metal electrical box for $16 at home depot.

so if u dont mind me asking
are u using atinics as well?
what did u end up getting?
what type of bulbs?
total cost?
and where u got them from?

i already had a nice blue 14k bulb. so no atinics.

ballast was 70 box 16, you can get a pendant from ikea for for $10, replace the mogul(socket) with a MH mogul. Moguls are cheap.

get your ballast at brite-lite.com, not sure if the have moguls. You could go to quick grow for moguls. both stores in NE calgary.

is it pulse start halides im intrested in?

Lets see some pictures of this whole set up?

pm adidas

pics would be sweet?
im HOPEFULLY doing the same thing here guys
i can take pictures as i go along.