special ballast needed for this light?

i got my hands on a few 70watt HPS bulbs

Sylvania Light Bulb 67504 - LU70/MED - 70 watt E17 Medium Base Clear Universal Burn General Lighting High Pressure Sodium Sylvania Light Bulb at ServiceLighting.com

thats the light, it screws into a normal lamp outlet just fine but doesnt turn on, would i need some kind of special ballast for this thing to light up? or could i find somethin cheap at home depot that will light this guy up, cause if i have to end up buyinga 80$ ballast i might as well invest in a 600w bulb, its just i got these for free, that website also has some fairly cheap 400w hps bulbs, like 25$, they just as good as more expensive bulbs? haha they also have a bulb that puts out 1.7 million lumens, thatd be a nice little bulb

hossfield said:

would i need some kind of special ballast for this thing to light up?

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Yes you need a ballast. No idea whether you'll find a cheap one at Home Depot or whatever - have a look for a 70w HPS ballast and see how much they cost.

here are the ballast.

[SIZE=-1]70 watts [/SIZE]1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG03285 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142U500C $72.75
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG03294 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142W000C $81.83
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG03296 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142W500C $108.82
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C Individually Packaged High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG03292 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142UN207I $79.05
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C Individually Packaged High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG13458 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142U000I $40.00
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V C&C Individually Packaged High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG20250 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 1233142W000I $81.83
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V-277V FCAN High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG02393 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 12210237CTC000C $124.00
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 120V-347V FCAN High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG13571 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: 12210552CTC000C $118.61
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 480V-120V C&C Individually Packaged High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG17649 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: S7048TLC3M500K $173.58
each
1-Lamp 70W High Pressure Sodium S62 QUAD C&C Individually Packaged High Intensity Discharge Universal Ballast
Part #: MG17541 - Mfgr: Universal - Mfgr Code: S70MLTLC3M500K $123.98
each
120-277 volt Multi-Tap Magnetic Sylvania Ballast Kit for 70 watt High Pressure Sodium Sylvania Light Bulb
Part #: SL47763 - Mfgr: Sylvania - Mfgr Code: LU70/120/277/F-CAN 120-277V $112.66
each

k, ya i was just wondering i been using floros and cfls so far, and this little guy fits into a normal lamp just fine but doesnt turn on so just wanted to make sure

Yeah I had a few a while back just like that but I didn't have a ballast either.