MH Ballast Help Needed

alistair

Member
Is there a way of converting my Hamilton probe ballast, to a pulse ballast so I can run the Ushio 175W 10k bulbs?
I think I'd just have to install an ignitor.??? But what ignitor and how do I wire it?
 

scsinet

Active Member
Nope, sorry.
Pulse start ballasts have an extra "tap" on the ballast coil to feed the ignitor. It's not just a probe start ballast with an ignitor spliced on.
You'll need to replace your entire ballast with an ANSI M137 ballast. More than likely the whole works will fit into the hamilton enclosure though, you may just have to do a little drill-n-save to make the ignitor fit securely, but it sounds like you were going to do that anyway.
 
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