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Metal Halide ballast info
Hi All,
I just bought a used MH/NO fixture and I have a few questions. I'd like to buy new MH bulbs and it looks like the ballast is a probe start but I can't tell. Can anyone identify this unit? The previous owner thought this may be a Hamilton fixture but if anyone recognizes it that would be great. The unit seems to work fine. Also, can anyone suggest a good place to get a better reflector for it? Stickers on bottom of ballast boxes: Metal Halide ballast box: Model: AF175WD MH A Serial: 3541 175w 120v 3.7 amps Energy Savers Unlimited Carson California 90746 NO Ballast Box: Model: AF3040W2 Serial: 9967 40W 120V .75AMP Energy Savers Unlimited Carson California 90746 Hood: http://www.geocities.com/kalkake/hood.jpg Ballast box: http://www.geocities.com/kalkake/Ballast.jpg Hood Bottom: http://www.geocities.com/kalkake/HoodBottom.jpg Lights on: http://www.geocities.com/kalkake/LightsOn.jpg |
As far as I know Energy Savers is Coralife.:mrgreen:
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that sir is most certainly a hamilton hood. xm, hamilton, iwaskai and venture bulbs will all fire in that hood, ushio's will not. your best bang is going to be with the xm's, very bright and pretty cheap, also j&l has bulbs on sale this month, i just got some 15k xm's for 62 bucks each. you will have to retro in a better reflector, i have to same issue and need to make something as well.
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you'll need the best reflector you can get for the xm15k ;)
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ballast used: M58 input watts: 315 input volts: 123.5 input amps: 2.8 ppfd(or par): 137 cct(color temp): 12083 xm15k ballast:M58 input watts:295 input volts: 122.8 input amps:2.82 ppfd: 55.7 cct: n/a sources: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005.../document_view http://advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2004/review.htm need I say more. |
Odds are it's a probe start ballast for the MH. Without an ANSI # the easiest way to tell is count the # of parts. A probe start ballast is transformer and capacitor ("cap-n-coil"), a pulse start ballast is transformer, capacitor and ignitor (looks a little like a capacitor, but likely smaller and slightly different).
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you need a decent reflector in there because the par on the 15k bulbs is so low you need ever bit of light you can get into the tank.
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