[I'm planning on building a 250W Metal Halide setup. I was wondering about any electric supply stores around that would carry the ballast. I've read on reefcentral that most electrical supply stores will offer decent MH ballasts for a good price.]
[I have never compared local electrical stores pricing with online vendors so i don't know about pricing differences, but www.hellolights.com seems to have a decent supply of DIY components at what seem like reasonable prices to me.]
[i bought my pc light components from A-to-Z. They have parts, price listings on their ebay store. you can buy on ebay and pick them up at the store. (their ebay prices are a little lower than the walk-in prices).]
[Howard is right about their Ebay prices being slightly lower. You can purchase what you want on their ebay store and go pick it up if you like for no shipping charge. OR.... I just dropped in and mentioned that I saw the bulb on Ebay for whatever dollars and they gave me the Ebay price without any hassle. I am assuming that they would always do that (although I may assume too much). Even then I think it was only a couple dollars difference.]
