Fully adjustable digital ballast will run 600w sodium, metal halide, and duel spectrum lamps and features an Over-Drive facility that increases the ballasts output for maximum lamp performance. Find a range of digital ballasts available at an affordable prices.

What is digital ballast?

Digital ballasts have higher output and will give almost 30% more light. They are cooler and provide better spectral output. They have adjustable wattage, which allows you to use power your grow lamp at different wattages. In general digital ballasts use 3 - 4% less energy.

For instance, a typical Standard 600W Digital ballast in reality consumes around 660W, the 60W is lost in heat. However there are units available on the market that do indeed achieve a significant increase in lumen output but they do this by consuming more power.

As already mentioned, new lamps need to stabilise chemically before it is safe to dim them, so give them at least 100 hours of 100% power, before you run them at lower power settings. For MH lamps, you want to make sure to always start them at 100% and them dial down the ballast. Do not start them in a dimmed setting.