Uh Oh, another lighting question:

[Mr James]

I am doing some research on my Mh ballast ( Advance 71a5700, 250w, M58) and read (still currently reading) from a very long post in the Lighting, Filtration... forum about the M58's and such. I am very interested in replacing my Iwasaki 67k with an XM 10k or 20k. This is what Electric130 said about XM bulbs. "the new XM's are designed to run on standard ballasts such as M57, M58, M59. you won't have any problems." IS this true on my particular ballast??

BTW, I have recently made two orders with you and the customer service as well as the shipping, timing and packaging have been superb!!! I will continue to do business with you as you are indeed first class in my books. And, I am only a two hour drive away (Fort Wayne) and hope to pay you a visit some day.

 

[Jeremy B.]

Yes, you can run the XM on any standard American metal halide ballast, M57/M58/M59. You can run them on other balalsts as well, but there is no need to. Thanks for the compliments, we appreciate it!