Aug 17, 2018 at 11:03 AM Author: rjluna2
Do you have the gear to run the bulb?

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Aug 17, 2018 at 11:36 AM Author: sox35
Should be easily obtainable from eBay or somewhere. Nice little lamp, don't have anything under 80W for MV here at the moment, but got my eyes on a 35W tubular HPS on eBay

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Aug 17, 2018 at 11:58 AM Author: Fluorescent05
I will be running it off of an HPF F40T12 ballast.

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Aug 17, 2018 at 03:14 PM Author: fluorescent lover 40
My first one was a LOA (Philips) coated 50w HPS lamp IN a Philips box.

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Aug 17, 2018 at 03:28 PM Author: wattMaster
My first HID bulb was a cheapo Chinese 175w MV. I still have it somewhere, and it's the first photo in my gallery.

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Aug 17, 2018 at 03:51 PM Author: funkybulb
Fluorescent05 that balast can only put out 430 mA 105 volt and this MV lamp need 630 mA at 95 volts since 50 watt MV ballast will be hard to find in the US. best thing be more readly available is EU 58 watt fluorescent choke ballast but u will need 240 volt supply. or get a 39 watt magnetic MH balast with ignitor deactivated

No LED gadgets, spins too slowly.  Gotta  love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.

Aug 17, 2018 at 07:46 PM Author: Fluorescent05
It only ran up to 75 volts on the F40T12 ballast.

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Aug 17, 2018 at 08:08 PM Author: funkybulb
yes cause your underdriving it lamp have not reach statuation point

No LED gadgets, spins too slowly.  Gotta  love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.

Aug 17, 2018 at 08:33 PM Author: xmaslightguy
Nice one as a 1st HID lamp! My 1st HID was a 175w MV Quote It only ran up to 75 volts on the F40T12 ballast. Assuming the ballast was putting out standard 430ma, that means this was running @ around 32w

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Aug 17, 2018 at 09:50 PM Author: Fluorescent05
@xmaslightguy, I'm happy it was a mercury vapor and not high pressure sodium. @funkybulb, do you mean a European choke style ballast for 5 foot F58T8 lamps? I want to get some European ballasts someday and run them off of 240 volts at 60 hertz (phase to phase). I want a few preheat (switch start) ballasts and I definitely want a semi-resonant start ballast!

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Aug 18, 2018 at 01:36 AM Author: funkybulb
yes those European 58 watt fluorescent choke ballast will run those mercury lamp perfectly they do show up on ebay here and there ok from my expeirances most of Europen preheat/ Switch start gear work fine here only problem you will run imto is 8 foot 125 watt control gear. it cause the capicitor is in series with ballast will make lamp current drive lamps at 1.2 A on 60 Hz. U have reduce capicitor down to 6 uF. to run the lamp properly and not overdrives ballast either but I chose run it on Am Rad 5 uF cap but it more like 5.5 uF that drop lamp current down to 790 mA very close to run F96T12 HO on preheat. SRS i have not play with them yet i do have some SRS ballast in my collection.

No LED gadgets, spins too slowly.  Gotta  love preheat and MV. let the lights keep my meter spinning.

Aug 18, 2018 at 06:25 AM Author: Fluorescent05
@funkybulb, I want a semi resonant start ballast for 40 watt T12 tubes so I can run them, not mercury vapor.

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Aug 18, 2018 at 10:18 AM Author: xmaslightguy
I have a couple SRS ballasts that will run a 4' or 5' T12 HO lamp. Also have some UK switch-start ballasts - a couple for 5' 58/65w, & one for 8' 125w .. I'm not surprised to hear the 58w will also drive a 50w MV, its probably specifically designed for it just like the 125w ballast is designed to run 125w fluorescent or MV

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Aug 18, 2018 at 10:21 AM Author: Fluorescent05
@xmaslightguy, those SRS ballasts deserve a youtube vid!

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Aug 18, 2018 at 08:59 PM Author: fluorescent lover 40
Made in Mexico, by the way...

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Aug 18, 2018 at 09:17 PM Author: Fluorescent05
@fluorescent lover 40, is that good or bad?

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Aug 18, 2018 at 09:22 PM Author: fluorescent lover 40
Good. Sylvania MV lamps and EYE MV lamps are the best out there right now.

Good quality things are awesome. Cheaply made things are not.

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Aug 18, 2018 at 09:30 PM Author: Fluorescent05
Good!

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Aug 23, 2018 at 11:26 AM Author: Fluorescent05
Probe start MH ballast to MV conversion table: 175W MH ballast runs 175W MV. 250W MH ballast runs 250W MV. 400W MH ballast runs 400W MV. 1000W MH ballast runs 1000W MV. 1500W MH ballast runs Phillips ALTO F34T12 to get it to stop striating!

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Aug 23, 2018 at 04:52 PM Author: fluorescent lover 40
There's also: 50w MH to 75w MV 70w to 100w MV 100w MH to 125w MV. For pulse start. Remove the ignitor.

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Aug 23, 2018 at 05:08 PM Author: Fluorescent05
@fluorescent lover 40, there's also 39 watt MH to 50w MV.

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Aug 23, 2018 at 05:08 PM Author: fluorescent lover 40
Yeah that too.

Good quality things are awesome. Cheaply made things are not.

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Nov 17, 2018 at 10:53 PM Author: Fluorescent05
Update on this lamp: I ended up accidentally connecting it to 120v when plugging it in. I ended up plugging the ballast box into itself. The cords were both brown. I might be getting another for Christmas along with a proper 50 watt MV ballast.

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Jul 19, 2019 at 12:04 AM Author: Binarix128
My first HID was a chinnese "EKOLINE" 160W SBMV lamp!

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