What is an EYE ballast

[chromis]

like it says


Andrew

[golfish]

made for Iwasaki bulbs.....PFO right?

[PerryinCA]

Yup. EYE is the company that makes the Iwasaki brand lighting. The Iwasaki is actually a Mercury Vapor conversion bulb, meaning that it was originally designed to be operated on a Mercury Vapor ballast, while having metal halide characteristics.

The EYE ballast is simply a Mercury Vapor ballast. It will not operate MH lamps, other than the Iwasaki. People claim that with this ballast the lamp appears brighter, and is much less yellow. Using a Iwasaki 6500k lamp, and a MV ballast is a great alternative to spending big bucks on a low output 10k, or a high output HQI 10k. If you only intend on using a Iwasaki, but don't want it to look yellow, this is probably the way to go.

-Perry

[chromis]

thanx, thats exactly what I wanted to hear!

Andrew

[chromis]

Oh yeah, do EYE ballasts put out a lot of heat? I plan on getting the dual ballast for my birthday and building the hood over the summer. I want Iwasakis I'm pretty sure so I guess I'll get that one.

Thanks again,
Andrew

[golfish]

Are you going with 400's or 250's?? if your not sure you should get the standard MH ballast if your going with 250's. I have read the standard MH ballast runs the 250's better then the EYE ballast.

[Ironreef]

250w mh performs better with iwaski than mv . 400wMV is better with mv ballast. But with 20% error it doesn't matter. IME i've seen them both and I can't really tell which is whiter. 400w a little but not really. I would go with mh cuz you can use all bulbs6.5,10,12,20k,ect... and aren't limited.

[Jisung]

IWASAKI makes electronic MH ballasts for 70,100 and 150watt .
I was confused when somebody said EYE ballast.