cheap mh ballasts in calgary?

[adidas]

anyone know which hydroponic store is best to get a cheap 250watt mh ballast? in calgary

[Bryan]

It's usually cheaper to get them at a commercial lighting distributor.

[scuglass]

i went to a place off of macleod beside partsource and for a 250 watt mh balast and reflector it was 250.00

[adidas]

i'm going to quick grow..250watt ballast $109, its the raw ballast though, no casing.

[mr_alberta]

Do you have a Bartle and Gibson in Calgary? IIRC a 250W ballast was like $90...bare ballast of course.

[blood_hound]

I wanna the place too... what is the address of the store to buy cheap MH ballast locally?

[adidas]

I wanna the place too... what is the address of the store to buy cheap MH ballast locally?

its quick grow its on edmonten trail just south of mcknight i beleive

[adidas]

Do you have a Bartle and Gibson in Calgary? IIRC a 250W ballast was like $90...bare ballast of course.

yes there is a few here, just phoned them, they dont have metal halide ballasts :(

[adidas]

just looked up brite-lite $60 for mh 250 watt ballast :biggrin:

[scuglass]

so for 2 250 watt mh lights its 120 plus cost of bulbs and reflectors??? and all u have to do is mount to canopy and add a fan?

[mr_alberta]

You also have to wire it up yourself.

[scuglass]

is it hard to do does ne one have a skimatic or a guid of how to do this??

[outtafocus]

Hey Scott, remember when Rona relamped the whole store?
All those lights were 400w tri voltage MH. 400w was a bit to much for what I wanted, but I should have taken the free one Mike was going to give me. When I finally decided I wanted one, they were all sent to some warehouse.

[scuglass]

yah i hadent thought about an aquarium at that time too bad it prolly could have saved me some money lol

[mr_alberta]

It isn't as hard as I thought it would be when I hooked mine up. There should be a wiring diagram right on the ballast when you get it.

[Bryan]

If you want to do the mail order route this Winnipeg hydroponics store ships. 250 watt is $79.00 + 12.00 shipping

http://www.canadianwholesalehydroponics.com/products.cfm?cat_id=7&show_products=1&catpage=3

[adidas]

It isn't as hard as I thought it would be when I hooked mine up. There should be a wiring diagram right on the ballast when you get it.

exactly, it was easy :) got it today, wired it up and was running in 5 mins.

[adidas]

so for 2 250 watt mh lights its 120 plus cost of bulbs and reflectors??? and all u have to do is mount to canopy and add a fan?

you also need a box to put the ballast in, i picked up a metal electrical box for $16 at home depot.

[scuglass]

so if u dont mind me asking
are u using atinics as well?
what did u end up getting?
what type of bulbs?
total cost?
and where u got them from?

[adidas]

so if u dont mind me asking
are u using atinics as well?
what did u end up getting?
what type of bulbs?
total cost?
and where u got them from?

i already had a nice blue 14k bulb. so no atinics.

ballast was 70 box 16, you can get a pendant from ikea for for $10, replace the mogul(socket) with a MH mogul. Moguls are cheap.

get your ballast at brite-lite.com, not sure if the have moguls. You could go to quick grow for moguls. both stores in NE calgary.

[scuglass]

is it pulse start halides im intrested in?

[outtafocus]

Lets see some pictures of this whole set up?

[scuglass]

pm adidas

[OCDP]

pics would be sweet?
im HOPEFULLY doing the same thing here guys
i can take pictures as i go along.