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need electricians assistance, GVRD [bby]
hey,
a while back i was looking for some quick connect fittings to make extension cords for my MH ballasts. well i found some, and tried to put them together myself, and well... i did a hack job. plugging them in trips the GFCI. was wondering if there was an electrician among us that could help me out putting these extensions together. of course i would compensate you, some pocket change for an easy job, or frags if i have something you want. just let me know, thanks! |
I'm not an electrician but what are the colours you are trying to match up?
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white to the silver screw, black to the copper one and green to the green one
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If they have the same colour wires (ie.black,white,green) than simple logic is to just match them up.....if they have different colours well than its a little more complicated. |
It depends on the fixture but normally the colours coming from a unit are black , white and green. If you are tripping a GFI, I suspect you have the neutral wire ( normally white and to the silver screw on a plug or socket ) and the safety ground ( normally green , but may be a bare wire in some fixtures with wires meant to go to a box rather than an extension cord) switched. Power wire goes to the bronze screw in a plug or socket on an extension cord or wall socket .
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yes, the cord has black, white and green.
it's been a couple weeks since i attempted this, i'll open them up and take a look at what mess i gone done! lol. thanks for the input. i'll get back to you guys! |
so i finally had a chance to check out my wiring, and noticed that i had some wires inverted... because when you put the male and female ends together they were opposite.
so i switched those and thought that i had solved my problems. they still trip the GFCI. please tell me what i've done wrong! heres a pic of the wiring, male and female connected together, but with the covers off. http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/v...g/IMG_1613.jpg |
There is nothing wrong with that, the question might be, what are you plugging in?
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The MH probably draw to much amperage when you first turn them on, which cause the GFCI to pop just as if you had a short, water in it etc. It happens to me all the time when I use HOT5's on my GFCI plug.
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I'm a electrician. You can pm me with what your trying and I can try to help u out. Gfci's can trip for numerous reasons. Some ballasts leak current and can cause a premature trip. It only takes 7 thousands of a amp to trip when it sees a difference in current between the hot and neutral.
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