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Homemade Mini-HighBay Fixture - Inside of the Reflector
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Here's the inside of the bucket reflector. I showed an E17 lamp inside to show what it will look like when I get a 35W HPS ballast (and lamp) installed in this bad boy. The socket isn't pulse rated (since it has to be of the snap-in variety, which is only made for incandescents). I'm not too worried about it though. I think a regular socket can withstand a HPS igniter pulse...
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This thing gets really hot with 100W incandescents after just a few minutes and after a half hour of running a 60W incandescent a mild chemical scent comes from the bucket (the paint perhaps?) so 70W PSMH is out of the question heat-wise. 35W HPS seems more appropriate for the fixture.