cost HID caps v motor caps

[wyreman]

15/400 hid cap costs $60 with 2 week lead time
15/400 motor cap costs $6 and is in stock.

what is the difference? :roll:
aside from motor/hid...

 

[wyreman]

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2MEG8?Pid=search

http://www.plccenter.com/buy/ADVANCE+BALLAST/7C150P40R

got to check the specs on each
the lighting one is plastic, the motor is metal
temperature rating: that was a good point, thanks mh1990

 

[readydave8]

I had a customer that was changing a lot of capaciters in his 175w MH wallpacks, some of them would explode when they failed. Turned out he was installing motor capaciters, the problem had to do with heat.