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    Posted: October 25 2005 at 3:06pm
I have aquired some 55w bulbs and 65w bulbs PC and have pendants for both, but is ti possible to put one in the other. I would assume that the ballasts are about the same, though the are each different brands. I don't know much about lighting/ballasts, etc.... Any help would be appreciated.
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That is sooo close, IMO it would work initially, the downside is that it might burn the bulb out sooner than they should, It could also force a color shift in the bulb.

I ran a 20W no bulb on  a balast for a 40 watt electronic bulb(possibly forcing it to run at 40 watt, hope was that the electronic balast would compensate), as far as I could tell it was working fine when I went to MH bulbs.

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i run them interchangably with zero problems. hellolights also says there are no ill-effects to interchanging.  i wouldn't worry about it.
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Thank you so much for the opinions. I'm in a situation where I'm willing to try it. I'll let you know how it goes. THanks again.
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I agree with dnellans, they are the same as far as the ballast is concerned.
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Most of the ballast I have see say they are for 55/65 watt bulbs.  I know my Coralife Ballasts say that.
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