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11-13-2002, 02:19 AM
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hehe, basicly all it is, is running NO bulbs at HO or VHO levels.. simple as that. the workhorse & ballast is like a icecap ballast, it is a electronic ballast that can run a variaty of bulbs.. you can run 4 NO's off it, or 2 HO's, or 1 VHO, BUT if you are using small VHO like my self (48" and smaller) you can run them in series and get full VHO out put from them. if you run 2 VHO bulbs in parralel you will get the same output as a IceCap.
now whar the overdriving is is taking one electronic ballast, twisting two or more of the wires togeather and running the bulb off that to increase the current. I have found now that with the cheeper cost of WH7 ballast you are just as far ahead using 2 of the WH wires to one NO bulb to take it to HO levels.. I ran like this but I got more light by using VHO tubes on the WH& in series.. actualy blew away the overdriven NO's I was doing 4X overdriven. hence the reason I am not overdriving anymore. (well there was the smoking accadent form a far fetched exparament...but you don't want to know about that  )either way ... overdriving or vho... they both requare you to buy some more ballasts and possable tubes also.. any questions about either feel free to ask.. Steve
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