Can I Put A 600 Watt Bulb In A 1000 Watt Ballast

This however intrigued me.

Can i put a 600 watt bulb in a 1000 watt ballast.

I just want to know why it doesn t work. If you have a 400w you can put a 430w in an hps ballast. The dimming does hurt the overall life of the bulbs in the long run but really 2 or 3 grows on a bulbs is about the max you want to really put on bulbs anyways. But to put a 1000w into a 600w ballast pry wont work or could blow up in your face or burn your house down if you left it running.

You can of course run a 600w hps bulb at a slightly higher wattage with the super lumens switch. Hi mate don t run a 600w bulb at 250w they the bulbs aren t designed to burn at that wattage. For starters i do know that it s always best to run a bulb and ballast that belong together so lets get that debate out of the way lol. Riu look on a lighter note my instincts tell me not to stick a 600w bulb in a 1000w ballast but i dont think twice about what wattage bulb im sticking into my desk lamp.

There has got to be a simple explanation as to whether it is or isnt safe to do s0up. Or digital ballast where they have a 1000w max and dimmable to 600w and 400w with the 1000w bulb. 100 75 and 50. I was on ebay pricing 600 watt ballasts and i noticed on one of the 1000 watt ballasts that the dimmable amounts were in percentages.

Yes you can use a smaller watt bulb with a higher watt ballast your bulb will only use 600 watts it won t burn up. You will need to use the 1000 watt bulbs in the fixture and yes you can dim it to the 600 watt setting.