80w MBFU Lamp (Mercury Vapour) vs 70w HPS Ballast? Success,

[@Naguals_HID_Lamps]

Nice video! I love Mercury Vapor lamps and i own 80W Mercury Vapor lamps too and they are perfect. But i personally use also 80W Ballast for them... But yes, this may be an alternative for people, who don't have correct Ballast.

[@mercuryvaporglow5317]

Discharge lamps, if you want to operate them daily, should always operate on the correct gear. Else, the lamp or the ballast may be overloaded and fail prematurely. If you want (for experimental purposes only) to use Mercury lamps on High pressure Sodium ballasts, make sure you disconnect the neutral cable from the starter to deactivate it's function - if you hot restrike the MV bulb with active HPS starter you will destroy the MV bulb. In general, MV bulbs are more tolerant to operating on wrong gear them HPS bulbs.

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

pretty sweet.. ive been wondering if this could be done. I have tons of hps lamps, and well i guess a lot of merc lamps now.. but i like mv better.. ill take the lumen loss for mercury vapor on my property... Been wondering if i could run a 80w merc lamp in my 70w hps fixtures

[@euclidescastilla9008]

Buen día muy bien pero no sé ve la conexión como conectar gracias

[@caithnessrailrambler2698]

Brilliant video.

[@jayewaters3921]

cheers

[@d4sgroup]

Might try a 80w in my 70w tamglobe

[@jayewaters3921]

Make sure you dont use the Ignigtor

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@jayewaters3921 what happens if you do does it go bang

[@jayewaters3921]

@@thepurdychannel8866 it very well could do. but i would nor risk it

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@jayewaters3921 can you run a sox on a 35w electronic ballast for cdm lamps

[@d4sgroup]

@@jayewaters3921 I doesn’t have one 🙂. The SON lamp costs £15 so a HPL-N would be cheaper 😂

[@thepurdychannel8866]

Im going to get a mercury lamp in my collection soon

[@rtpask6233]

i have 2 mercury lamps on my collection, one is 125 and other is 400, i buy 2 more on internet, 250w and other 400 :D

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@rtpask6233 i will be getting an 80w as they run on 70w son gear without a problem

[@rtpask6233]

@@thepurdychannel8866 nice man, make more videos :D

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@rtpask6233 i uploaded 2 i have a 250w metal halide and son set up i have took pictures of but no videos thats next

[@thepurdychannel8866]

@@rtpask6233 😂 i accidentally deleted it and had to re upload it had 2 veiws on it😥

[@jayewaters3921]

Some odd reason this vid is not in HD. Normally they are

[@d4sgroup]

It is? Doesn’t look like it isn’t

[@rtpask6233]

hey man, is it possible for me to convert a 400w metalhalide ballast for me to use in mercury vapor lamps of the same power?

[@djm5k]

Most probe-start 400 watt metal halide ballasts will operate a 400 watt mercury vapor lamp. The metal halide ballast label will denote on label that it will operate type H-33 (400 watt) mercury lamps.

[@worldwidehidcollectorusa3519]

@@djm5k It all depends on what part of the world you are talking about. In Europe and most countries in the world outside of North America and Japan, you have some 400w metal halide lamps that are designed for high pressure sodium ballasts and in other cases, you have some 400w metal halide lamps that are designed for mercury vapor ballasts in conjunction with different types of ignitors. Because of this, some European ballasts will say "for use with 400w high pressure sodium or metal halide lamp" or "for use with 400w mercury vapor or metal halide lamp". If you use 400w mercury vapor lamps on the ballasts that say "for use with 400w high pressure sodium lamp or metal halide lamp" even with the ignitor removed, the lamp will be overdriven due to the fact that 400w high pressure sodium lamps run at a higher current compared to 400w mercury vapor lamps. Because of that, it is best to operate 400w mercury vapor lamps on the ballasts that say "for use with 400w mercury vapor or metal halide lamp" as long as you have no ignitors connected to the ballast. In North America, since most 400w metal halide lamps share the same operating characteristics as 400w mercury vapor lamps while very few are designed for 400w high pressure sodium ballasts, you should be able to run 400w mercury vapor lamps on most 400w metal halide ballasts. If the ballast is a 400w M59 probe start metal halide ballast, you can run 400w mercury vapor lamps on it without any modifications to the ballast whatsoever since those ballasts have no ignitors. If the ballast is a 400w M135/M155 pulse start metal halide ballast, you will need to disconnect the ignitor if you want to run 400w mercury vapor lamps on it.