hooking up ballast - Page 2

venkiw · #1 11-15-2003, 11:18 AM

Thanks Stretch,

On the input side. The red is line/hot, blue is nuetral and the ground should be made into a loop and anchored in the know marked (GND), you should get your 3 pronged power supply chord suitable for 500 Watts rating.

Clip the end of the PFO quick disconnect chord and connect as stretch had indicated. Ground your reflector and connect it to the know marked GND.

Hope this helps.

spikehs · #2 11-15-2003, 08:21 PM

ok, hooked up the ballast and i am only getting a faint light (see pic) I left it on for ~10mins to see if it would fire up. Should i assume that i have a connect thats not great? or could it be something else?
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/sho...sort=1&cat=500

Thanks again.

Stretch · #3 11-15-2003, 09:27 PM

Double check your connections maybe see if the wires aren't connected properly. Have your tryed the other bulb/ballast? Make sure the bulb is properly seated in the socket. When i got these ballast one socket wouldn't work properly so i had pull the metal tab in the socket out a bit then the thing went smooth.

venkiw · #4 11-15-2003, 09:56 PM

spikehs,

Is this the bulb that was damaged in the shipment?, if not recheck the wiring.

Venki Worathur

spikehs · #5 11-15-2003, 09:59 PM

nope this was the bulbs that looked to be fine, I am going to double check the wiring (probably tomorrow)

Sean

venkiw · #6 11-18-2003, 02:54 AM

Hi Spikeh,

Since you figured out how to wire them, kindly enlighten us on what mistake you were making for benefit of other forum members.

Thanks

Venki

spikehs · #7 11-18-2003, 04:10 AM

ahh, i think it was just a bit of shoddy wiring, i went back and stripped it a bit more, and twisted it tighter....works like a charm tho.

spikehs · #8 11-20-2003, 04:03 AM

well, came home today from school and found the light wasn't on

I double checked all the wiring and everything is perfect, I wired the cords EXACTLY like Strech has his. All i get now is one tiny flicker every 5 mins or so.... does anyone have any suggestions? dud bulb? I am at a loss here....

Sean

Delphinus · #9 11-20-2003, 04:10 AM

(This may be a dumb question,) but have you tried unplugging your ballast and plugging it back in?

What guage wiring did you use, what kind of connectors? The socket has good snug fit on the bulb, and so forth?

Have you tried swapping the two wires that go to the socket?

spikehs · #10 11-20-2003, 04:32 AM

Thanks for the suggestions, I have plugged it back in a few times now, rechecked ALL the wiring, made sure everything was very tight, etc. I haven't swapped the wires yet because i wired it exactly like stretch, and it was working for 3 days prior (and no one has touched it)....