Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - 175 watt halide wiring

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yeah then the fan is 120Volt

ok so i hooled it all up without the fan and it works but when i hook the fan into the 2 cords going to one of the halides. the fan works but the light doesent fire up. where on the florecent wiring can i hook the fan up? or would it be easier to cut a cord off of an old lamp and just attach the wires to the cord and have it on it s own timer .

You have to wire the fan in before all the ballasts...NOT AFTER!!!

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Originally Posted by scuglass

where on the florecent wiring can i hook the fan up? or would it be easier to cut a cord off of an old lamp and just attach the wires to the cord and have it on it s own timer .

Yes, it probably would.

If you MUST hook it up to the fluorescent ballast, then you have to hook it up to the black and white wires. This is assuming that these are the power supply wires (i.e., the plug in part). You can't run the fan "off" the ballasts. You can share the plug, but that's it. Personally I think it's better not to share plugs though, because you never know when you need to replace one thing and you don't want to affect other things while you're at it.