250W Ballasts

[marine newbie]

I've got 3 Sun Aquatics 250W SE Metal Halide bulbs. Two are 10K and the other one is 14K. My question is which magnetic ballasts to use with these bulbs. I was looking at getting electronic ballasts and wanted to price out regular ballasts to see what the cost difference would be.

Thanks
John

[mr_alberta]

From one of Venkiw's earlier posts:

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6005&highlight=
Works on Probe/Pulse start ANSI ballast.

So, it should work on either the Probe (ANSI M58) start or Pulse (ANSI M138) start ballasts.

[marine newbie]

thanks for the reply Harvey. Anyone else? Do i just ask for a 250W M58 or M138 ballast at the electrical suppliers or are they going to give me a "what are you talking about" look. :rolleyes:

[StirCrazy]

I would stay away from the 58, if you are going to buy a ballast at least get the M138 (pulse start) or go with the M80 (HQI) the HQI will cost about 30ish more but worth it in payback in light out put.

Steve