Halide bulb question

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  1. TheSaltwaterBoy

    TheSaltwaterBoy Flamingo Tongue

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    I just got an lighting system that has two slots for 175 watt double ended halide bulbs. Can you put 150 watt DE halide bulbs in a 175 watt unit?
     
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  2. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    No, you need a different slot im pretty sure
     
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  3. con999

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    i am with the above no. you also will fry the ballest
     
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  4. Radar644

    Radar644 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I thought 150 were de and 175 was se.
     
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  5. con999

    con999 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    idk but they would need a whoole new socket then, one is singel ended the other has two
     
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  6. TheSaltwaterBoy

    TheSaltwaterBoy Flamingo Tongue

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    No this says it is 175 watt de halide bulb it is the same slot you would use for a 150 watt de. THey used to make 175 watt DE
     
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  7. con999

    con999 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    ok well still ur will fry ur ballest by putting the wring bulb in
     
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  8. 2in10

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    Actually you could fry the bulb since it will be receiving more power than it was design to use. It might possibly explode.
     
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  9. BTowned

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    +1 on frying the bulb and not the ballast. If anything, it will overdrive the bulb, which will shorten it's lifespan.
     
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  10. jonjonwells

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    Only a Select-a-Watt style ballast will allow you to run those two types of bulbs.

    For the Record: There are SE bulbs in both 150 and 175 watts. The size of them is different though. The 175 uses the same socket as the 250 and 400 watt bulbs.
     
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