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![]() Ill admit those guys over there at commercial lighting aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, my account manager is getting me a price on ordering them in for ya. Don't bother with the reactor type (cap and core) style, I checked for electronics. Only way I'd consider going reactor is if running a digital timer or a controller and longevity and cost is a major issue. Digital timers and controllers can depending on the manufacturer leak current through the id, this will reduce the ballast and bulb life. An electronic ballast will increase life over the bulb by balancing strike and maintain voltages with less differential then reactors. In your case bulbs will cost you more then these (hopefully!) Ballasts... So makes more sense to have longer bulb life then ballast life.
Ill let you know how much and how long when she calls me back.
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![]() Thanks Binare! So I take it that you are an electrican by trade?
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![]() Yes yes I am
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![]() Galaxy ballasts are waaaay over rated. They are cap and coil (reactor). For the price, I'd look at lumateks, a 250W electronic ballast incased with leads should cost about 150CAD, And they weigh a hell of a lot less so shipping would save ya even further. I'm sure they got a site, try http://lumatek.ca maybe.
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![]() If you don't have an luck finding a ballast, this is the way I should go.....a lot cheaper than the Ice Caps I was looking at. And with two ballasts I can control separately.....which would be a good thing.
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![]() I tried to source these ballasts for another guy on here, its and OEM thing only. Keep in ming that the ballast housing for these fixtures also has a x-former in it to step it up to 240v from 120v, so you may have to add a x-former to your list of things to get. Also the bulb size is slightly larger on 250w that the 150w so you will have to get new sockets as well.
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![]() Not sure what you mean by oem only. Lumateks are available in 120 and 240. Highhorse ballasts are not oem and also available in both voltages.
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![]() Really? Crap! I was thinking that a 150 and 250 were the same bulb length. Cripes by the time I change out all the parts...I will have made a new fixture. These reflectors are small and tight....so not sure if that would work without major mods. I will have to look at this as well.
Thanks guys for your help with this. I am not sure if this mod would be practical at this point. Brad Quote:
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