need electricians assistance, GVRD [bby]

[davefrombc]

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 .

[smokinreefer]

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!

[smokinreefer]

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.

[Deaner]

There is nothing wrong with that, the question might be, what are you plugging in?

[Magma]

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.