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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #15 on: May 25, 2017, 10:16:39 PM » Author: Lumex120
I just got a 100w HPS ballast similar to the one pictured. I should try making one of these...
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #16 on: May 27, 2017, 02:44:19 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
I just got a 100w HPS ballast similar to the one pictured. I should try making one of these...

When you do, please post I'm very interested  :) its also probably gonna be even brighter than mine too, mine is only 70W
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #17 on: May 27, 2017, 02:46:20 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps

also if the lamp you use comes with a  weight in the base of it, ditch  the weight, the ballast and ignitor is more than enough to keep the lamp on a table the weight would just make it harder to hide wiring.
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #18 on: May 27, 2017, 02:48:56 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
funny thought.... imagine a 1000W MV desklamp  :o ;D
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #19 on: June 06, 2017, 05:24:23 PM » Author: M250R201SA
Here is what currently lights my room.  GE 201SA 100w HPS (SAH10S1N21181.) <----Utility Model. Sometimes I hang up "Mr. Brightside" (my 250w GE 201SA MV NEMA - SAH25C1N2N1T) <---- Utility Model. other times, I will hang my 250w HPS M250R2 (M2RR25S0A2GMS3358 <---- Utility and Consumer model

I also own, but have never hung/used/removed from box an M250R2 FCO
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #20 on: June 06, 2017, 07:28:01 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Here is what currently lights my room.  GE 201SA 100w HPS (SAH10S1N21181).  Sometimes I hang up "Mr. Brightside" (my 250w GE 201SA MV NEMA - SAH25C1N2N1T) and other times, I will hang my 250w HPS M250R2 (M2RR25S0A2GMS3358)
looks nice, along with that desklamp i also have a 175W MV lamp lighting my room, I've also recently obtained a 400W MH and a 400W HPS lamp, and theres more where they came from lol, my room is by far the brightest on in the house, it's very unnecessary 400W but thats all found and they do a good job.

Left to Right you got the 400W HPS, 175W MV, 400W MH and at the bottom left you got my 70W HPS deskie.
 
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #21 on: June 07, 2017, 12:18:39 PM » Author: M250R201SA
looks nice, along with that desklamp i also have a 175W MV lamp lighting my room, I've also recently obtained a 400W MH and a 400W HPS lamp, and theres more where they came from lol, my room is by far the brightest on in the house, it's very unnecessary 400W but thats all found and they do a good job.

Left to Right you got the 400W HPS, 175W MV, 400W MH and at the bottom left you got my 70W HPS deskie.
 

Nice dude!!!  Very cool!  I need another mounting arm (not the cheap Home Depot kind, the industrial type used by Ameren Illinois (36 incher)
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #22 on: June 07, 2017, 12:36:59 PM » Author: Lumex120
Nice dude!!!  Very cool!  I need another mounting arm (not the cheap Home Depot kind, the industrial type used by Ameren Illinois (36 incher)
Where do you get one of those mounting arms? I want to make an indoor display for my lights but the yardblaster arm I got at Menards isn't enough to support it.
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #23 on: June 07, 2017, 04:19:32 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Nice dude!!!  Very cool!  I need another mounting arm (not the cheap Home Depot kind, the industrial type used by Ameren Illinois (36 incher)
I can scrounge around for a mounting arm, theres a ton of lamps and ballasts where i go, Its a junkyard, I'm not really supposed to be there but they just leave them outside in the elements to rot so it's not like they care much, most of the lamps laying around have those mounting arms with the inbuilt ballast and capacitor, so i dont know if those would be helpful to you or not.
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #24 on: June 08, 2017, 12:24:55 PM » Author: M250R201SA
You can order them at an electric supply store from GE.  Also, you can ask your local utility journeyman lineman if he has any that he has removed/replaced.  Craigslist, and eBay has them pop up every once in a while.  While hard to obtain, not impossible.  The cheap Home Depot ones aren't designed for anything bigger than a 150w HPS NEMA.  Make sure you hit a stud in the wall if you buy one of the cheap Home Depot arms.
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #25 on: June 09, 2017, 03:28:42 PM » Author: M250R201SA
@ow346, are you referring to one of these? Or similar
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #26 on: June 09, 2017, 03:32:48 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
@ow346, are you referring to one of these? Or similar
Yeah, the ones i see laying around are not up so high on the arm though, the arm extends straight out. but its the same reflecor and everything
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #27 on: June 17, 2017, 01:54:00 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Added a power switch to it, so i no longer need to plug and unplug the lamp, i also removed the old remaining switch assembly on the back of the lamp shade itself
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #28 on: June 17, 2017, 02:52:34 PM » Author: Lodge
Does it have a plastic cover on the base, just wondering, if not you can get plastic covered push on connections so nothing bad happens again.. 
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Re: Desk lamp on steroids « Reply #29 on: June 17, 2017, 10:15:39 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
Does it have a plastic cover on the base, just wondering, if not you can get plastic covered push on connections so nothing bad happens again.. 
thats been on my mind aswell, I cant really think of anything to put there... the thing that was previously there was a sand weight but that would not fit back into the bottom now, and it is un-needed due to the ballast,ignitor and lamp assembly, It sits flat on the table so at the moment it works fine, but yeah a plastic cover would be nice any ideas would be nice.
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