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Homemade H37 ballast I've been wanting to test my 250W mercury lamps for quite a while now. And I had an idea today. What if I replace the original 24uF capacitor of a H33 ballast by one of a lower value to bring the power down to 250W? According to my calculations this ballast powers a 250W just fine with a 15uF capacitor... which I happen to have! (It's from a stove hood if I remember, go figure xD) The current value I was looking for: 1.95A or so. At the moment it's around 1.6A, perfect! And the ballast is barely warm! Keywords: Lit_Lighting

Homemade H37 ballast

I've been wanting to test my 250W mercury lamps for quite a while now. And I had an idea today.

What if I replace the original 24uF capacitor of a H33 ballast by one of a lower value to bring the power down to 250W? According to my calculations this ballast powers a 250W just fine with a 15uF capacitor... which I happen to have! (It's from a stove hood if I remember, go figure xD)

The current value I was looking for: 1.95A or so. At the moment it's around 1.6A, perfect! And the ballast is barely warm!

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Album name:Vince / HID lamps and ballasts
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GEsoftwhite100watts   [Mar 06, 2015 at 02:02 AM]
Looks great! Never knew you could do that!
BULB FREAK   [Mar 06, 2015 at 09:15 AM]
Just FYI a 250W Mercury lamp runs at 2.15A 130V so runinng it at 1.95A (or 1.6A esp) is under driving it...
streetlight98   [Mar 06, 2015 at 10:10 PM]
Maybe he meant 2.6A... Yeah 1.6 sounds a little low. My 250W MH lamp is rated for like 2.7A or something...
BULB FREAK   [Mar 07, 2015 at 06:45 AM]
a Probe start 250W MH lamp runs at the same specs as a 250W Mercury lamp... Im talking about lamp side current here not mains side current...

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