try looking in the thread a little ways down, which is just about overdriving. the ballast i use, just has the one red and one blue, the wiring looks different. i think urs has 2 x red and 2 x blue to warm up the filament and vaporize the mercury, whereas mine just uses a burst of high voltage to vaporize it, and i use the kinds of lamp sockets where the pins from each lamp are shorted (bypasses the filament). i don't know if there's a way of wiring yours to achieve od.
I can't say if this ballast will o.d. or not as *every* brand of ballast is different...but if it can o.d., the most likely way to wire it would be to combine one red and one blue wire to each pin on the bulb (so you'll have 4 wires going to one end of the bulb) and leave the yellow as is...
But note: you can damage/destroy the ballast and/or bulb (this is a risk with o.d.'ing any ballast, not just yours) If you're gonna try, do it outside just incase something gets smoked... If it lights and appears to be working normally, let it run for a few minutes, unplug and feel if anything is hot... if the ballast gets hot its not gonna work... if its just warm plug back in and let it run for awhile
Personally i'd like to find a website that lists various brands/models of ballasts and which ones can o.d. :)
I have yet to find one... (sure there's o.d. info spread over various plant/fish forms but i don't see a general page with lists)
My criteria is cheapness. I was able to find cheap ballasts on ebay. they got rained on, rusted, and were being sold cheap. i tried them out, and they od'ed fine. they ignite the lamp with a blast of high voltage, so there is just one hot lead per lamp. the other criteria is make sure it puts out enough current (something like 0.6 amps).
xmaslightguy - thanks, dude. I probably won't try it with this one...I went to HD the other day, and opened a few lights, didn't find any sunpark. Oh well, i'll keep my eyes open for a good deal like cannabisgrower found!
Here's a list of ballasts that can be OD'd that I've compiled through various sites when I was doing this a couple of years ago... You could add to this list if you find any others that will work...
Thanks for the info ccc1... i'm gonna save that for reference :) Also is it ok if i add that to my lights webpage (assuming i actually get around to actually making the page) LOL
Cannabisgrower - do you remember the brand/model on those eBay ballasts you got?
xmaslightguy, no problem, go ahead and put it into a page... It's been a few year since I updated that list, but most of those ballasts still seem to be in the market.
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