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[harmless smoker]

so i have i lamp socket and reflector for it and it says on the socket that the max watt is 250 on it, so if i buy a 150 watt hps bulb from Rona or wherever. do i still need a ballast?? also i just bought a 45 watt twisty cfl bulb it pumps out 3,000 lumens and is 4100K colour temperature it realllly big.

so first im asking could i use that 150 watt hps bulb on this 250 max light??

and second which light do you guys think that would be more efficient,150 watt hps or 45watt cfl???

[ThePot]

Lamp socket? Like a normal socket that you would plug a CFL or any bulb into? NO this will not work. HPS lights need their own ballast and other shit to work. As for your other question, I'm not sure what you mean by effecient, but CFLs have a fraction of the power/lumens of any HPS, HPS is much more powerful but of course uses more electricity. Hoped this helped.

[seedling4life]

I have seen some HPS bulbs that are low wattage and have a regular light fixture, don't know how good they are, but they could work, and yes if its one of those bulbs, you can use any regular lamp fixture.
Most HPS bulb will need a bigger ceramic fixture.

That CFL should work, but if you are flowering you want a light intensity that's between 2100 and 2700K.

[Enuff4All2Share]

I've not seen these... can you point one in the right direction?

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[luckyleaf2]

No matter what size HID bulb you use they have to have a ballast to run.

And to answer your question about the 150 working with the 250 setup the answer is no.

You can go to most any electrical supply shop and get the correct bulb for your lighting system.