Using Tanning Bed Fluorescent Starter to Run 175W M57 MH Lamp on 175W H39 MV Yardblaster Ballast 

Here is an interesting HID lamp experiment that I did:
I have used a Philips BodyTone 120-180W tanning bed fluorescent glowbottle starter to run a 175W M57 probe start metal halide lamp on a 175W H39 mercury vapor yardblaster ballast!!!!
I got inspiration for this experiment after seeing that some Japanese market metal halide retrofit lamps designed for use on mercury vapor ballasts often use internal glowbottle starters such as the Iwasaki Multi-Metal Hi-Ace lamps and just found it fascinating to see such metal halide retrofit lamps starting up like fluorescent lamps on preheat ballasts. I also did this experiment because I also really like preheat fluorescent lighting in addition to HID lighting.