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golden69_ca
02-06-2005, 05:32 AM
if i have a tar balast and i want to put a 20000k bulb on it can i get away with just puting a larger cap on ( i have herd this will work )or must i go to a pulse start balast .

thanx

Aquattro
02-06-2005, 07:40 AM
I have a radium running off a regular tar ballast, no pulse start. It works fine, but it's hit and miss from what I've read.

StirCrazy
02-06-2005, 03:52 PM
if i have a tar balast and i want to put a 20000k bulb on it can i get away with just puting a larger cap on ( i have herd this will work )or must i go to a pulse start balast .

thanx

what wattage, if it is 400 it will work, if it is 250 radium bulb you need to go to a pulse start as the 250 radium has no probe starter, if it is some other 20000K bulb that does have a probe starter then your ballast will work.

Steve