I wouldn't do it

Me neither, I'm scared.

Nothing would happen... HPS can't start without an igniter. now if it was a 100W MV lamp that would be a different story lol. but HPS or PSMH would do nothing. Same if you hooked a HPS or PSMH up to a regular incandescent fixture. It won't strike. which is why medium base HPS and PSMH lamps are safe but medium base MV lamps are not safe since they will attempt to start on a regular incandescent fixture.

Yea but look this is a 1000 watt MV ballast it's going to have an arc no matter what I think it would go BOOM.

you need a few thouseand volts to start the lamp. it might sputter at the ends and leak sodium from the arc tube but i'm confident it wouldn't blow up. even the OCV of te ballast isn't enough to start a HPS lamp.

Oh I see, I should put a self ballasting mercury lamp in there and really have some fun. the pic. itself is pretty funny though.

LOL a SBMV lamp? I wonder what would happen. With a lower wattage Mv lamp it work work if you ran it for like 30 seconds maybe but that's it.

Aw hell, why not just put a 1000 or 1500 watt incandescent in there? I bet the fireworks would be fast and furious.

the little lamp is at a superbowl! (or rather it's IN a super bowl lol)

My neighbors would be calling the fire dept. on me. LoL. Knowing me I'd cause a brown out in the neighborhood.

I just can't get over the size of that reflector. I even saw M-1000s and OV-50s in person at Joe Maurath's but just seeing one of these with a ED17 lamp show the true enormous size of these things! And to think that the M-1000 is the most compact 1000W light ever made lol.

Well honestly that is not a full size 150 watt lamp , This reflector and glass are massive though.

It's an ED17 isn't it? Those are a little longer and a little narrower than a 60W incandescent lamp. Speaking of that, if you stuck a 60W incandescent in this (bypassing the ballast) I wonder how much light wouldn't get trapped inside lol.

Yes it is, i'm shure it would trap allot of light even with a 175 watt merc ballast and lamp in this it wouldn't be very efficient.

yeah lol. It would be like putting a 7W nightlight lamp in a household light with a medium to candelebra adapter. Just a faintly glowing mass lol

For sure.

Try a 4w nightlight bulb in this!

Just for you, of course, check the video section tomorrow !I will as soon as I wake up with a face shield and plenty of room. if i can find a 4 watt bulb. ?

i think an incandescent lamp would run normal because MV ballasts have a 130V OCV don't they? so the lamp would be getting about the 120V it needs.

Just because the ballast is 1000W doesn't mean the lamp is powered at 1000W. If you stick a 100W MV lamp on it, the CWA ballast will try to run the lamp properly, which is why it overheats, failing to do so but with incandescents, they are a resistive load so they will run normal as long as the incandescent is rated equal to or less than the ballast. Since MV ballasts have 130 OCV they will run a 120v incandescent normall (well slightly overdrive it but it will just appear slightly brighter). And on a 150W or less 55V HPS ballast, an incandecent will be driven at about half-power but you won't damage the ballast as long as you don't stick a higher wattage lamp than what the ballast is rated for.

I'm 15 years old going on 16, I'm not an engineer. I don't even want to be an engineer so what gives? "Professional lighting engineer" is what Jace has the forum programmed to say when you get over 1000 forum posts. It's not something I chose; i have no control over what that says. I'm sorry to hear about your mother passing but don't take it out on me. I really am sorry for your mom though.