I think it is down to their bulbs.
It looks like most MH bulbs over here are a standard envelope.
At least that's all this supplier has and I think that is why they are saying I can't use it and don't want to refer me to a supplier that sells the tubular MH bulbs.
So if I get hold of a tubular...
No it doesn't have a built in ballast. I believe it is just a reflector that can handle a range up to 1000W.
This is the reply I had from the seller:
"The reflector can run a retro MH lamp only but the normal MH lamp; however, the retro MH lamp cannot run with the MH ballast. We suggest you to...
Thanks for the feedback.
I contacted the supplier to ask too.
Turns out, the particular reflector box (Growlush Coolsun 1000W) I was looking at can handle a retro-fit MH but you need to run it with an HPS ballast, making my MH ballasts and standard MH bulb redundant.
So I'll just get an open...
Hi all, I am hoping you can help me out.
I have been reading this forum the last few months and slowly building my setup.
I have seedlings going under a CFL which is fine for now but I will switch to a 250W or 400W MH soon.
I got hold of a set 250W and a 400W MH ballasts second hand.
I need to...