Category Archives: Ballasts

This category is designed to help people with ballast questions and technical information regarding Ballasts.

Why are Ballasts needed?

For a lot of us, ballasts (i.e. Metal Halide Ballast) are a mystery. All distribution systems of Electrical output have fixed AC voltage (50 or 60 Hz) and should expect connected electrical loads to limit the current drawn from the power source.

Metal Halide Ballasts

Metal Halide Ballasts have become the most wide used HID source in the last 7 years. Metal Halide Bulbs have a white light that is easier on the eyes than the yellow/orange light emitted by High Pressure Sodium bulbs and HPS ballasts. The new Energy Act of 2007 have mandated that all new metal halide fixtures starting in Jan. 2009 have to be Pulse Start Metal Halide for products that are 175W and above. Pulse Start metal halide bulbs have many advantages over Standard Metal Halide. Ballast ha Finish Reading this Post

Replacing Lamps and Ballasts in Fluorescent Lighting Fixtures

Common 40-watt and 75-watt lamps can be replaced with energy-saving lamps of 34 watts and 60 watts, respectively. Energy-saving lamps for less-common fluorescent fixtures are also available.