any Lumatek ballast users out there?

[Gary Majchrzak]

what's your impression?

do they play nice with your controller?

 

[jfl14609]

Gary i have been running them for about a year and I love them and yes they do play very nice with my ac jr. Cant find one thing to complain about they run nice and cool and burn clean

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

what wattage, Jeff?

did you see the new models have an adjustable wattage switch?

 

[jfl14609]

I am using the 250's I did not see the adjustable wattage ones

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

fwiw

fwiw

adjustable wattage isn't important to me. Neither are "dimmable" features.
The Lumatek 400 has a "super lumens" switch. I wonder wht THAT's all about

 

[Dave VG]

Love my 250's. I would also say that they appear brighter than my 250W Advance Magnetic M58 from hellolights. I have used them on DE’s and SE’s

 

[IronMan72]

adjustable wattage isn't important to me. Neither are "dimmable" features.
The Lumatek 400 has a "super lumens" switch. I wonder wht THAT's all about

Super-lumen switch

In some territories the latest Lumatek ballast include the industry first "œsuper lumen switch". This feature will boost lumen output by 10% when the switch is activated. This allows unprecedented control of lumen output during ballast use. This feature is for HPS lamps only. With the switch in position "0" use M.H or H.P.S lamps. With the switch in position "1" use H.P.S only

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

thanks, Dave.

I don't know of anyone running high pressure sodium lamps over their aquarium so the HPS "super lumens" feature seems bogus to me unless I'm missing something.