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Obtaining Fixtures => Wanted Requests => Topic started by: NiMo on February 25, 2011, 07:06:38 PM

Title: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: NiMo on February 25, 2011, 07:06:38 PM

Folks, I recently acquired a Sylvania 100 watt mercury lamp.  I need a 120 volt ballast to go with it.

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Medved on March 21, 2011, 02:48:47 PM

M98 (70W pulse MH) and deactivate the ignitor...

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Mike on October 18, 2011, 08:13:33 PM

Yep. A 70 watt pulse start metal halide ballast will drive a 100w mercury lamp perfectly with the ignitor removed.,

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: joe_347V on October 18, 2011, 09:13:25 PM

That's probably the most practical way of running a 100w merc since the ban, I guess if you're lucky you could score a NOS 100w merc ballast on eBay. 

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Mike on October 18, 2011, 09:24:59 PM

Jace has a few extra 100w NEMAs. He'll be sending me one sometime soon. I think he's still pretty busy though

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: joe_347V on October 18, 2011, 09:31:52 PM

I'd prefer not to gut a fixture just for it's ballast especially something like a NEMA.

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Lil'Cinnamon on October 19, 2011, 02:46:45 AM

Well if he GOT a NEMA he would probably keep it inside the NEMA.

I have two 100w Mercury Vapor ballasts (NEMA head and OV-15) But I am not giving those away. xD

Search on ebay, or try to look around.

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Mike on October 20, 2011, 06:40:31 PM

Joe, when did i ever say take the ballast out? i meant send the whole NEMA head. ;)

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: joe_347V on October 20, 2011, 10:50:20 PM

That would be even better. (http://www.animateit.net/data/media/august2009/drool.gif) :D

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: Mike on October 21, 2011, 03:24:02 PM

Indeed. :D

Title: Re: 100 watt H-38 Mercury Ballast
Post by: lights*plus on November 05, 2011, 11:33:22 PM

I got a can type (like fluorescent) H38 HPF mercury ballast that I'm considering swapping with a M-H can ballast. Shipping may be a bit expensive from Canada as these are heavy. Is there any interest in getting this for $20 plus the shipping? It may be close to $28 to ship to south & west, $22 to NE US.