I was told that a 1000 watt de cmh bulb would work just fine with a 1000 watt de hps mh ballast so long as the ballast is set to 100 1000 watts.
Can i put a 600 watt bulb in a 1000 watt ballast.
100 75 and 50.
I am sure that a 1000 watt dimmed to 500 watts 50 will fire a 600 watt bulb.
Yes you can use a smaller watt bulb with a higher watt ballast your bulb will only use 600 watts it won t burn up.
You can of course run a 600w hps bulb at a slightly higher wattage with the super lumens switch.
For starters i do know that it s always best to run a bulb and ballast that belong together so lets get that debate out of the way lol.
The dimming does hurt the overall life of the bulbs in the long run but really 2 or 3 grows on a bulbs is about the max you want to really put on bulbs anyways.
This however intrigued me.
Hi mate don t run a 600w bulb at 250w they the bulbs aren t designed to burn at that wattage.
There has got to be a simple explanation as to whether it is or isnt safe to do s0up.
You need to use a 250w bulb if you intend running your ballast at 250w a 400w bulb at 400w etc.
If you have a 400w you can put a 430w in an hps ballast.
You will need to use the 1000 watt bulbs in the fixture and yes you can dim it to the 600 watt setting.
But to put a 1000w into a 600w ballast pry wont work or could blow up in your face or burn your house down if you left it running.
I just want to know why it doesn t work.