tar balast question

golden69_ca · #1 02-06-2005, 05:32 AM

if i have a tar balast and i want to put a 20000k bulb on it can i get away with just puting a larger cap on ( i have herd this will work )or must i go to a pulse start balast .

thanx

Aquattro · #2 02-06-2005, 07:40 AM

I have a radium running off a regular tar ballast, no pulse start. It works fine, but it's hit and miss from what I've read.

StirCrazy · #3 02-06-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by golden69_ca

if i have a tar balast and i want to put a 20000k bulb on it can i get away with just puting a larger cap on ( i have herd this will work )or must i go to a pulse start balast .

thanx

what wattage, if it is 400 it will work, if it is 250 radium bulb you need to go to a pulse start as the 250 radium has no probe starter, if it is some other 20000K bulb that does have a probe starter then your ballast will work.

Steve