What's new
  • Happy Birthday ICMag! Been 20 years since Gypsy Nirvana created the forum! We are celebrating with a 4/20 Giveaway and by launching a new Patreon tier called "420club". You can read more here.
  • Important notice: ICMag's T.O.U. has been updated. Please review it here. For your convenience, it is also available in the main forum menu, under 'Quick Links"!

Phantom digital dimmable ballast?

Noonin NorCal

Active member
Veteran
I was wondering if anyone uses these?

I been using it at 100%. I see a option to go super, and was thinking of trying it the last couple weeks during flowering...

Has anyone messed around with dimmable ballast with that option of more then 100%?
 

Drewsif

Member
Pretty sure they are repurposed 400s so boost would be +/-20% Seems like a lot but the Dimlux is fine at 380 on Phillips bulbs.
 
M

moose eater

Before switching to 315 cmh ballasts and such, I ran a collection of Phantom Digital 400s, as well as the widely-hated Lumatek dimmable 400 digitals.

I ran exclusively on the max setting, and saw no problems in my own experience.

The Lumateks were stated by many to be a can-of-worms with poor customer support, almost straight out of the gate, but I only had ONE of them go bad, and the service I received (directly) from their office in California was excellent, with the exception of the poor packaging on the return trip of the ONE ballast they replaced for me.

I primarily ran Digilux and Lumatek bulbs on both of these ballasts. On very rare occasion I'd see a misfire at the outset, when they first turned on.

I had ZERO problems with the Phantom digital 400 ballasts, though.

Still keep a couple of each around in case the 315s decide to go on strike at some point.
 

Noonin NorCal

Active member
Veteran
I also use Digilux bulbs, I think its the third run with them

Ill be swapping out them and use new ones after this run, if i do another inside project
 

Vadski

New member
I run phantom 1000w de and will occasionally run them at 1150w. Just watch out for distance and heat. Its just more juice but it will shorten your bulb life.
 
Top