in a bind

[StirCrazy]

I am trying to decide which ballast to order for my AB 250 watt 13000K MH bulbs, everything I have read leads me to a ANSI M80 ballast for optimal burning. the problem is that this is a HQI ballast and because it is not a comenly stocked ballast it is going to cost me 150ish to buy (just for the ballast)

maby some of you guy on the mainland could phone some of the cheeper places over there and see if there is a better price to be had in Van for me please. It is a Advance ballast part # 71A5880, you might have to tell them that it is a ANSI M80 hqi ballast also.

Now I don't mind spending the money on them but I just wish I could find someone who runs them on this ballast to conferm that this is what I am looking for. Or some one that has one and maby a normal 250 watt MH ballast that I could compare them on.

so if anyone has any eperence with them or has some spare 250 watt ballasts I could try let me know..

thanks

Steve