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05-22-2011, 04:35 PM
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hmmm.. I was wondering why I saw a subscribed post I didn't remember reciently LOL
a M80 ballast (true magnetic M80) which is only made by Advance transformers (north american company) should be pulling around 400 watts with a 250 watt SE bulb a little less with a DE bulb, at 310 watts I would say they put a M80 starter and capacitor on a pulse start ballast and used that. will be a little lower output this way (well a fair bit actualy) I am not saying thats what they did but I have seen that done. the other thing I saw once was a european ballast converted to NA voltage (easy to do) this gives different out put as they are not a HQI ballast but are simular. Steve
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05-22-2011, 05:11 PM
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Might be time to pull out the screwdriver! Actually the newest AM ballast is the reflex cube, they are magnetic and manufactured in the USA but I don't know who makes them for AM. The one I am using is the Oceanballast dual 250.
From what I have been reading on RC it seems like the Bluewave 7 or Hamilton ballasts are the only way to get this true M80 ballast (PFO is out of business but worth a mention I guess), please correct me if I'm wrong.
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05-22-2011, 05:35 PM
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Sunlight Supply no longer make the BlueWave ballasts. I think there might be a few vendors with some Hamiltons kicking around but I looked high and low and found no PFO or SLS. I paid a very pretty penny as a last-ditch effort to obtain one when a grow store in the US seemed to have a BlueWave. After paying a fortune to have the thing shipped here I was later notified they haven't got any and was refunded. Buying used if you can find them is pretty much the only option. I was considering the cube ballasts but was hesitant as I wanted a genuine M80. I've now got 5 x M80 just in case lol. I plan to use 4 over the big tank.
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05-22-2011, 07:01 PM
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It was driving me nut thinking about what's inside the box so I grabbed the screwdriver and opened that sucker up.
  It turns out StirCrazy was right, it is a pulse start ballast (Huaquan) with capacitor (Electronicon) and M80 starter (Arrancador). I went online and dug up the specs on this ballast and voila, there it was. The Apex was right according to this chart. 
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