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Old 12-30-2010, 07:25 PM
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On another note...the halides are grounded right? The halides are pendants that I am mounting into the canopy, not retrofit. Vertex electronic ballasts with PFO pendants, plug n play.

I don't get electricity...
How many wires are there in the cable from the ballast to the lamp? If 2 then no ground, if 3 then most likely ground. If they are giving you a ground wire, then to me it says "ground your fixture because the lamp isn't grounded".

My original hood retrofit kit came with a grounding wire which I grounded the hood to earth ground via an outlet (don't ground to a power bar).

When I upgraded my lighting to dual 250W, then the ballasts and lamps came grounded. So now my hood is extra grounded
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