Metal Halide Ballast ID

[Ou8me2]

Okay so I bought a used setup and it had a metal halide ballast and 2 bulbs with reflectors. It has 400watt bulbs 10k in them so I wanted to see what the ballast was to buy new bulbs. It really has no markings other than this stamped on the side "JLZ 175w-B-MHX2".

I've tried searching and nothing came up. Should I assume this is a ballast for 2-175watt bulbs? I'm not sure why they had 400watt bulbs in it. Before I even looked I plugged the ballast in and ran the bulbs for 6+ hours, they fired fine and looked fine to me other than they were 10k bulbs and had a nice icy crisp white, which means not much blue. They are single ended bulbs also. The ballast is able to run 2 bulbs.

The ballast didn't get too hot and the amount of heat the bulbs put off was not bad at all, to be honest. Maybe old Blueline's E-ballast or EVC Tech Ballast Electronic Ballast? There is no sticker listing the specs of the ballast.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwwros_JLoxrMkxRVFZaTXVlNl9telhOSGoxTFFUVTRidWM4/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwwros_JLoxrZEh2QXJhZTQ2MVh1ZnJua2ZnNjdYS3NudFlJ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwwros_JLoxra19KMTByS0c5S0hxazByODQzbGJXb2N1REdn/view?usp=sharing

 

[JamesHolt]

Cant tell if those are screws or rivets, but you could pull it out of the case. The ballast should have markings on it.. I had to do the same with my PFO setup..
The way the case is marked, it looks like it is for 2 175w Metal Halide bulbs..

 

[Ou8me2]

Cant tell if those are screws or rivets, but you could pull it out of the case. The ballast should have markings on it.. I had to do the same with my PFO setup..
The way the case is marked, it looks like it is for 2 175w Metal Halide bulbs..

They are screws, but the side I need to get into 2 of them are stripped. I can't access the inside on the far end which I was able to get all 4 screws off.

I think it's a Blueline dual ballast though. I found this picture on Ebay and the case and the QC sticker all the way to the end brackets looks the same. It does have different plug-in's though. Only exception is this one runs 2 bulbs on 1 ballast. I'm not sure why they were running 400watt blubs on that ballast either, cause I doubt it really is helping running the 400 on a 175watt.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blueline-250w-Electronic-Metal-Halide-MH-ballast-/302027566366?hash=item46523eed1e%3Ag%3A04oAAOSwRQlXfn5X&_trkparms=pageci%3D53c72a14-2b98-4119-870d-7650556a35f3%2Cparentrq%3D545188c11560a884d5cf617ffffffd12%2Ciid%3D1%2Cobjectid%3D46314

I'm also not sure if this would be enough for my 75 gallon as far as lighting or I just scrap the idea and get new lighting.

 

[Ou8me2]

I may just use them for now til I get the money for some LED. I'm still in the setup process and still need to build a sump and finish plumbing. I could also just add some T5's. Just not sure how I want to proceed. :lolspin: