400wt MH M-59 ballasts

[kuatto]

Was at work today and they were takining down all the 400 and 1000wt mh down to replace with t8"s.I asked if I could have a couple of reflecters and ballasts,he said take as many as you want,they're going in the garbage.They can be wired for 120,277,and 347 volts.The problem is I cant remember what color is for the 120

[Aquattro]

you should be able to find tha tinfo on the manufacturer's site. Or the sticker on the ballast.

[kuatto]

I found the diagram on the side of the ballast after I took it out of the housing,works fine.Did a test run in the garage with the bulb and even for a non-reef bulb,its still pretty white.I have 4 complete with ballast(in a housing with heat sink)sockets and bulbs(will have to pick up some 10k's)and reflectors.
Hmmm,maybe I'll run 2 400's over my 54gal

[Richer]

Tell me you got more than just four of them!

-Richer

[kuatto]

4 was all I could fit in my buddies trunk There was about 20 complete units,both 400 and 1000watts already taken down,still about 50 more units.I'm going back Monday morning to finish takeing down tables and chairs from a charity race/breakfast,so if I can get more,I'll grab more for sure.

[muck]

Good score there Jim. Bet there going to make your tanks look mighty fine.

[kuatto]

If I had my van,I could have taken at least 12 of the 400 watts.I wonder if 400 wt 10k over the 115 which is 36x24x30.5 is too much?Anyone running a 400 over a tall tank?

[Richer]

Anyway you can get your boss to hold the stuff over until Tuesday? I'm free Tuesday mornings... I can bring my suv
Or maybe Monday night? Free ballasts and reflectors! Who can let that slip by!?

-Richer

[mr_alberta]

Sweet, grab me some too!

[kuatto]

I re-assembled the unit and remote wired the ballast.Tried the pendant above the 20gal,first horizontally and then verticle.Much better colr when verticle(still not a 10k,but not bad)Will have to see what a proper 10k will look like when mounted horizontally above the tank.