Running 150W MH bulb on 250W Ballast?

[wojo]

Is it possible or i have to get 150W ballast in order to run smaller bulbs?

thanks.

[GraviT]

This will overdrive the bulb and it will most certainly fail. If you want to run 150w bulbs, you need a 150w ballast.

[michaeldaly]

yip, you'll blow the bulb pretty fast.

[wojo]

ok, thanks guys