On 9/8/19 5:46 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 08.09.19 3:19, Larz wrote:
I picked up a surplus yard light called Electripak SV-175M thinking that
it was 175 watts.Â* It uses a mercury vapor bulb, but the bulb inside
appears to be 125 W.Â* Since I want to use 175 W mercury vapor instead,
is it possible to swap out the medium base for mogul base and use the
175 W mercury vapor bulb?Â* It has an H42 ballast, no capacitor.Â* Thank
you.

The ballast and supply voltage determine power, so your 175 watt lamp
will not get the power you wantÂ* to feed it.
Lamp an ballast go together.

I'm changing out the ballast for the proper type. It comes with a
capacitor. There currently is NOT one with the existing 125 W bulb and
ballast and I am wondering if I should include it?