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Best Fulham ballast for 90W SOX lamps? « on: August 16, 2022, 11:37:39 PM » Author: 70HPS
Hello everyone, is there a Fulham ballast I can use for 90W SOX lamps? I have a Philips bulb but don't have the gear to run it.
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Re: Best Fulham ballast for 90W SOX lamps? « Reply #1 on: August 17, 2022, 01:52:15 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
The best ballast in terms of Fulham ballasts are Fulham Workhorse 5 ballasts.

If you want the correct ballast for your 90w SOX low pressure sodium lamp, here is one for sale:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144635969047

If you want to go the cheap magnetic ballast route like I did, I used a 70w M98 pulse start metal halide ballast with the original ignitor swapped out with an imported Philips SX76 2 wire parallel ignitor.
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Re: Best Fulham ballast for 90W SOX lamps? « Reply #2 on: August 17, 2022, 02:01:51 PM » Author: joseph_125
I used a WH-5 with 3 of the 4 red leads connected to the lamp. The last red lead is capped off.
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Re: Best Fulham ballast for 90W SOX lamps? « Reply #3 on: August 20, 2022, 12:42:30 PM » Author: 70HPS
Ok, Thanks! WH-5 it is then.
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Re: Best Fulham ballast for 90W SOX lamps? « Reply #4 on: August 21, 2022, 12:04:48 AM » Author: 70HPS
Yup I found a WH-5 for sale :)
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