wiring igniter on to coralive ballast

[KevinK]

ok so Coralive sendme 2 new ignitors to wire on to the ballast (I dont have the original pendants)

question now is how the hel do the wires go

can somone send me s sketch (in dummy style) so more ore less

the white wire from the ballast will go to ...........
the black will go to ................
the red wil go to ..............

and in fact what wires go to the bulb ?

I go from ballast to the ignitor (3 conection points) and from the ignitor, what is going to the bulb ? ore how to wire this ?

[globaldesigns]

K, here you go.

Red goes to B terminal
White goes to LP terminal
Black goes to N terminal

Here is a pic showing the igniter wired up:

[KevinK]

thanks, this is going right what I need (for a dummy)

but what is going to the bulb sokket ?

[KevinK]

is there any one that has a coralive 150 ore 250w HQI light ficture that is willing to poen it up for me to se how the wires are conected from the ballast to the igniter and lamp?

[mike31154]

It's a bit risky to provide advice on wiring ballasts at the best of times, let alone trying to do so with the limited info you've provided. I googled 'Coralive' and got hits on various 'Coralife' fixtures but even with that, not knowing a model number or what size, brand, standard your ballast is makes it near impossible to provide useful advice.

Fixture manufacturer (spelling can be important here) & model number?
MH lamp wattage? 250? 150? this will aid in determining ballast spec.
Single ended or double ended lamps?
Probe start or Pulse start, with ignitor I assume pulse?
Ballast brand/type/model/spec, i.e. M58, M80?

If you're able to at least provide the ballast ANSI code like M58, M80, it would be fairly easy to find the appropriate wiring diagram.

[KevinK]

Originally Posted by mike31154

It's a bit risky to provide advice on wiring ballasts at the best of times, let alone trying to do so with the limited info you've provided. I googled 'Coralive' and got hits on various 'Coralife' fixtures but even with that, not knowing a model number or what size, brand, standard your ballast is makes it near impossible to provide useful advice.

Fixture manufacturer (spelling can be important here) & model number?
MH lamp wattage? 250? 150? this will aid in determining ballast spec.
Single ended or double ended lamps?
Probe start or Pulse start, with ignitor I assume pulse?
Ballast brand/type/model/spec, i.e. M58, M80?

If you're able to at least provide the ballast ANSI code like M58, M80, it would be fairly easy to find the appropriate wiring diagram.

we are talking about this ballast:

http://www.marineandreef.com/Aqualig...p/res53056.htm

that has to be conected to the igniter and light bulb.

it dous not mention anything about M58 ore M80

[ongquang21]

Since you do not give me all the fixture infor.. I'll give you a general one.

In common, there are 2 pairs of wires coming out of the coralive ballast box (3 wires: black-white pairs and red-white pairs, ground not counted).

The pairs black(or red) and white usually are 120v supplying for led light driver, fan adapter... You have to check this black wire by looking at the power switch on the box. It just hooks to the switch's 2 wire port and comes out of the box leading to the fixture without going to the ballast.
Please use Volt- meter to check them.

The pairs red (or black) and white are for the metal bulb.
Because coralive is using eu standard, it's ignitor is a superimposed one.
This means it can stand alone using it's own coil to boost from 190v to 4000-5000v. So it is wired simply and differently from the North Ame. one.

So:
First, from the ballast

White (com) wire goes to N terminal (neutral).
Red ( hot) wire goes to B (boost?)

Second, From bulb's 2 socket wires

One(red or whatever up to you) goes to Lp (lamp).
The other(color up to you, but white is recommended) wire goes to N
Please note there are TWO whites go to N.


The wire's color sometimes tells you nothing. To be sure check them all:

There is only one hot wire (white one is another one but not hot) coming out directly from the coralive's ballast. whatever its color is, You must consider it as red wire for connection above.