What does this do?

[wocka]

i was just wondering what this fixture does. does it add more wattage to my lights? http://www.**************.com/produc...&N=2004+113176

 

[wocka]

bump

 

[chris17]

I dont think so, maybe it just makes them more intense or somthing......just a guess.....

 

[mr. tuna]

It is amazing how people bump their post after 10 minutes..

It is a ballast that you connect to a light fixture that you will buy. Example.. if you buy a 2x92 watt bulb you get that ballast to match the lighting you are getting (2x92watt ballast).
Hope that helps..

 

[wocka]

so if i got it i would have 65 more watts? how does that work

 

[mr. tuna]

I dont think that it gives you more watts.. :nope:
It is just a ballast to save money.

 

[robvia]

Your watts is set by your bulbs. If you hook a 100W light to a 400W ballast you still get 100W of light. The ballast just needs to be able to run at least the lights you have. It (the ballast) can be bigger, but not smaller. Hooking a 400W light to a 100W ballast will not work.

 

[condork12]

its just a lighting fixture you hook a light bulb to it and wallah. theres light!

 

[thedogofwa]

Originally posted by robvia
Your watts is set by your bulbs. If you hook a 100W light to a 400W ballast you still get 100W of light. The ballast just needs to be able to run at least the lights you have. It (the ballast) can be bigger, but not smaller. Hooking a 400W light to a 100W ballast will not work.
not true, a 100w ballast will overdrive a 65w bulb. You can exceed the bulb wattage to a point, get too high and POW! no more bulb. In addition, you can also underdrive bulbs with less wattage but the given example won't work, just too big of a difference.
anyway, this is just a ballast. It powers a bulb. you can add it but it won't do any good unless you add another bulb to your system