1000 cmh conversion bulb?

Hey guys how ya doing today? So I was wondering if anyone knew of any kind of conversion bulb that would go in a 1000 watt double ended fixture that would take it from mh/hps to cmh and still work with regular digital ballast? Or would the better bet to be just convert to real 315 w cmh fixtures.... The reason I ask is because it would be more cost effective to convert just bulbs than buying all new ballasts and hoods (8 lights total)

Most any double ended 1000w CMH bulb should run fine on a high frequency DE HPS ballast.

This has also been done with 630w CMH and 600 watt HPS ballasts.

No guarantees of course. Since you have 8 lights to convert, I suggest testing with one bulb first.

One thing I can say is when I did it I went right back to the HPS after one run due to loss in yields. Quality was great but not so much better as to offset the yield losses.

Renfro said:

Most any double ended 1000w CMH bulb should run fine on a high frequency DE HPS ballast.

This has also been done with 630w CMH and 600 watt HPS ballasts.

No guarantees of course. Since you have 8 lights to convert, I suggest testing with one bulb first.

One thing I can say is when I did it I went right back to the HPS after one run due to loss in yields. Quality was great but not so much better as to offset the yield losses.

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What bulb did you use? And what HPS bulb do you run?