Ok Ok I better get the lighting guid for beginners part 2 out.
do not waist money on a M58 ballast it is not proper for any bulbs we use. while it will light them and some it will run fine you will get longer bulb life from either a pulse start (drawing the blank on the ansi code right now) or a M80 HQI ballast. the pulse start should only be about 20 to 30 bucks more than a M58 where a M80 is about 120 to 150 depending where you find them. out of the two I will recomend the M80 as it will run bulbs that are designed off of European specs (90% of the 250 watt bulbs used in the hobby) "properly" giving more output, better color, and longer life.
Steve
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