Hamilton Ballast Q's... Will this ballast fire Radium 20K's???

quattro4444 · Jan 31, 2011

So I got this lighting system from a friend for free who was getting out of the hobby and want to upgrade the bulbs to Radium 20K's... I was wondering if anyone knows if the ballast will fire up Radium 20K's... I would like to be sure before ordering the bulbs @ $70 a piece... Its a 60" Hamilton 2 250W Metal Halides with 2 T12 VHO's...

Here are some pics of the stickers on the ballasts... I'm curently uing the XM 15K's that he was using...

Hopefully one of the gods on the forum can answer this!!!

ccCapt · Feb 1, 2011

Yes. You should use a HQI ballast to properly run a Radium, even tho they will also run on an electronic ballast. The 1 sticker says HQI so you should be good to go. How much does the ballast weigh? A true HQI ballast is magnetic and probably weighs around 10 lbs or more. An electronic ballast is considerably lighter...maybe 3-4 lbs.

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