Start Ballast
Where can I buy a pulse start ballast for metal halide bulb?
I have a metal halide 100w bulb, along with a mercury vapor 100w bulb. Neither one will turn on when i screw it into a regular light bulb socket. I know now that I need a pulse start ballast for the metal halide bulb, I’m not sure about the mercury vapor bulb. Can anyone tell me where I can buy a pulse start ballast for the metal halide bulb? Preferably a store, rather than a website.
You will need to go to an electrical supply house and get a fixture for that lamp. It will have:
a) The correct and properly marked terminals for the voltage it is being fed.
b) The correct ballast.
c) The correct capacitor to go with the ballast.
d) The correct ceramic base for the lamp (it gets exceedingly hot).
e) The correct shield across the face of the lamp – should it burst, it will do so explosively. And it can do so from a small fault in the glass or even from rough handling.
But the short answer is any electrical supply house near you. Denny’s Electric if you are in Pennsylvania for one example.
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