Hello,
So what would be a ban temperature to run the bulbs at? I cant get any info on my specific bulbs on the net, so I figured they are all about the same. I am thinking of a way to hook up some fans to cool the thing off, but its got me stumped. A floor fan can keep the case at 35C and the glass at 40C, but its noisy and cumbersome. The hard part is cooling the underside.
I am also trying some other things to limit the power that the ballast can deliver. Using a power meter and a variac, I have the ballast running off of 65V rather than 120V. Power consumed is now 130W, but I have no idea how much the ballast likes or dislikes this.
Matt