Will the bulb work?

[sirpat]

Hey guys,

Looking for a little advice. Dakar has recommended using 6500 w Iwasaki 250watt MH bulbs in my unit, but he wasn't sure if the bulb would be compatible with my ballasts. I purchased a VHO/MH retrofit unit from Cool Touch Lighting aka AquariumLight.com . The ballasts' stats are:

2 x 250 Watt Metal Halide Advance Electromagnetic Ballasts

These ballasts are manufactured by Advance Transformer, the leader in Ballast Technology.

295 input watts
For 250Watt Metal Halide lamp
Circuit type:CWA
120/347 Volt input

I also had them upgrade them to a pulse start for use with high K bulbs. Can anybody tell me if the Iwasaki's will work?

Thanks.

[Reptoreef]

Cool Touch are an American(probe start) with the option of a pulse start upgrade... Electronic ballasts are recommended for 6500k sakis... actually mercury vapor bulbs.

[dakar]

So what does that really mean? Will the pulse start ballast smoke the saki's? If so what bulb type would best suit the needs with that ballast? Don't think Pat will let me take the housing all apart to see what the manufacturer part numbers the ballasts really are.

[Reptoreef]

With pulse start... Ushios or Hamiltons.

[davejnz]

probably not,I used Advance ballasts when i was running 'sakis.The ANSI ballast code for 'sakis is H37(250w kind).Something about the 'sakis being MV lamps and not true MH.I agree with everyone else,pulse style will fire USHIO and other Euro-type bulbs no prob.BTW,those Advance ballasts are cheap and reliable.a good ballast IMO