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European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « on: April 24, 2020, 04:43:47 AM » Author: lights*plus
Sell me a standard 220-240 volt 70watt HPS or SON ballast (is it SON-T?) for cheap! Used or whatever will run european lamps. No ignitors required. Paypal
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #1 on: April 26, 2020, 04:43:08 AM » Author: Bottled lightning
I think a standard 70w mh ballast will work.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #2 on: April 26, 2020, 05:25:37 AM » Author: lights*plus
There are numerous 70 MH or SON ballasts on eBay UK. I'll pay for shipping alright, but sellers utilizing the Global Shipping thing bumps the cost out of this world. Wondering what the ship cost would be without a third party involved. I remember not long ago that shipping from the UK to Canada was quite reasonable.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #3 on: April 27, 2020, 01:27:51 AM » Author: Bottled lightning
I meant a standard north american ballast,I think mh lamps are the same in both 120v and 240v countries?
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #4 on: April 27, 2020, 05:19:09 AM » Author: dor123
Try to use M85 ANSI ballast. It runs European 70W MH lamps which have the same current as European 70W HPS lamps.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #5 on: April 27, 2020, 07:07:56 PM » Author: lights*plus
An M85 ballast is rather expensive, if found to begin with.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #6 on: April 28, 2020, 12:15:15 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
An M85 ballast is rather expensive, if found to begin with.

Will this work ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/MagneTek-Universal-Magnetic-Metal-Halide-Ballast-70W-M-85-S-88-120-208-240-277V-/200973397384
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #7 on: April 28, 2020, 03:49:38 PM » Author: lights*plus
Thanks for this! Price is right,..
but I'm not sure I want to go with this.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #8 on: April 28, 2020, 11:14:07 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Not a problem ! :bulbman: :)
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #9 on: May 02, 2020, 12:55:35 PM » Author: Bottled lightning
How about this  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Advance-71A5480-Transformer-E-8-/193271540465 

What’s the difference between m85, m139 and m98 ballasts?
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #10 on: May 04, 2020, 04:01:59 PM » Author: lights*plus
Also thanks for this but there's no Canada shipping. What a shame.

M85 are the HCI HQI lamps, typically double ended.
M98 is for standard Pulse-Start MH. There's no Probe-Start for 70w.
I don't know what M139 is. All the codes are here!
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #11 on: May 04, 2020, 05:36:30 PM » Author: joseph_125
Seems like the seller with the Advance M85 ballast does offer international shipping, just not through the eBay GSP. I'm guessing it's one of those message the seller to get the shipping costs kinda deal. The price on them is low enough to not trigger any brokerage fees importing to Canada via UPS or FedEx anyway.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #12 on: October 04, 2020, 06:45:02 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I have had no problems running 70w European HPS lamps on regular M98 ballasts and 100w European HPS lamps on M90 ballasts.
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Re: European or UK 70w high pressure sodium ballast « Reply #13 on: October 04, 2020, 06:50:44 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Try this ballast right here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/392764209276
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