is this a plug in ballast that hands from the ceiling or a hard wired ballast? What Wattage would I wan't for growing Vegetables prior to planting?
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600 watt is magnificent with a dimmable ballast you can cover such a wide range of everything. This is definitely not a hardwired ballast
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Terry, this. Ballast works perfectly with two tubes of 40 W, it is also very cheap.
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It is a t8 fluorescent tube. I think you can get them at Home Depot and any online grow light source.
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Dear buyer: Thanks for asking . 55W AC ballast will brighter than 35W ballast. And 55W quality, stability are better. Thank you Sean
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Sorry, I just got back to read my emails. This item is ok if you want to wire your garden area with special wiring for this type of light. I didn't read all the information about it and wanted a plug in to the outlet type. So I am going to eat this one for now. Maybe one day I might wire my whole backyard to have this type of lighting system. Sorry I could not help you more. Good luck.
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If the dimmer switch is in the correct position, and the bulb is dim, replace the ballast before is ruins your bulb. If you grow what most people grow indoors, even though the Quantum is covered under warranty, I would replace it with a Phantom, which is more money, but it won't ruin a crop! I learned my lesson 3 times! Good luck!
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No. This must be used in conjunction with a ballast to power the light hood. This ballast will usually be powered by a 220v plug. Some ballasts are 110V but they won't provide enough power to utilize a fixture, such as this one. This fixture is for HPS or Metal Halide bulbs and usually between 600 and 1000 watts.
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If you're getting radio interference, you most likely don't have the ballast properly grounded. Its not enough to ground it to the fixture, the fixture itself must also be grounded, either through the power cord or via the ceiling fixture wiring.
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It uses the 12v power wires that go to the old ballast. Very easy to install, excellent quality of light and much brighter than the original bulbs. Once the wires are hooked up, the housing tube clips right into the receptacle.
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Clip the wires close to the ballast. Wire one end of fixture positive, one end negative. There are lots of youtube videos that help explain it.
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e39 cfl (ballast inside bulb) you can run the bulb with a e39 socket and plug (no ballast needed) . I hope that helps.
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I live in a rural area in FL and have some power surges too, none of the power surges here have caused a problem with this ballast so far, it's been about 7 months, good luck.
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It is called a "TCP 4001 Hardwire Base for Circline Ballast." I do not believe there is any circuitry in the base. The base seems to just be a socket to feed the 2 pins 120VAC.
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You'll get no good usable PAR light from those led panels. Check out the 250w cfl in 2700k for flowering 6400k for veg. Best and cheapest. If using led use black dog
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the plug is for a ballast.the size ballast is the size of your room.light needed for room,250,400,600,and 1000.you must decide that. go to local grow store for help.smaller room 250,med 400,5x5 600 larger room 1000.if you are new to this buy a book on growing.
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The one in the photo is a Hydrofarm plug but it all depends on what inventory is being sold as they come from Hydrofarm both ways...if you wind up getting the wrong style there is a small adapter cord that can convert it either way for less than $10...so look for the best price on the Ballast itself and worry about the cord later
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2 of these would be more than enought to replace you 1000 watt hps...I wouldnt use it in conjuntion with led.. there 2 differant types of light.. Most of your hps light is wasted, about 70 % of it anyway...your plants only use 30% of the hps light to grow. the rest is just heat which causes more trouble than its worth..LED light is much differant. Your plants will be able to use 90% of this light to grow...They will be bigger greener and need less nutrients...also the electric bill will be about 90 bucks less a month without the use of your high power HPS system.