14K 400W Double Ended HQI Bulbs and IceCap Ballists

KevinGSXR · 12/25/2006, 11:42 AM

I have a custom system that I had put together with this local company that has since gone out of business. It it comprised of 3 double ended fixtures, 4 - 96 Watt power compact fixtures (straight pin) and 3 LED moon lights. The HQI fixtures are powered by 3 400 Watt Ice Cap Electronic Ballist Units. My problem is that cannot find any good quality 10 - 14K (prefably 14) bulbs that don't crap out after a week or month. I have been doing research and cannot find any German companies out there that produces such a product. The only company that makes a 400W HQI DE bulb is Hamilton Technology. I have caled them up and they said their bulb are from China and are not the best quality. I am assuiming they comparable to what I have already. I am temped to scrap my whole lighting system and go with a namebrand to eliminate this headache. Does anyone out there have and suggestions?

Regards,

Kevin

aclos3 · 12/25/2006, 12:37 PM

From what I have read around here, it seems that 400 watt DE fixtures are still relatively new, and the quality of 400 watt bulbs is simply not up to par (no pun intended) yet. I have no idea when quality DE 400w bulbs will start to come out, so I really don't think I can give good advice as to whether or not you should get rid of your current setup.

12/25/2006, 11:42 AM	#1
KevinGSXR Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2	14K 400W Double Ended HQI Bulbs and IceCap Ballists I have a custom system that I had put together with this local company that has since gone out of business. It it comprised of 3 double ended fixtures, 4 - 96 Watt power compact fixtures (straight pin) and 3 LED moon lights. The HQI fixtures are powered by 3 400 Watt Ice Cap Electronic Ballist Units. My problem is that cannot find any good quality 10 - 14K (prefably 14) bulbs that don't crap out after a week or month. I have been doing research and cannot find any German companies out there that produces such a product. The only company that makes a 400W HQI DE bulb is Hamilton Technology. I have caled them up and they said their bulb are from China and are not the best quality. I am assuiming they comparable to what I have already. I am temped to scrap my whole lighting system and go with a namebrand to eliminate this headache. Does anyone out there have and suggestions? Regards, Kevin

12/25/2006, 12:37 PM	#2
aclos3 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 394	From what I have read around here, it seems that 400 watt DE fixtures are still relatively new, and the quality of 400 watt bulbs is simply not up to par (no pun intended) yet. I have no idea when quality DE 400w bulbs will start to come out, so I really don't think I can give good advice as to whether or not you should get rid of your current setup.