Sorry my drawing sucked. I did a nicer one last night and the file was the wrong size. It was late and I was frustrated.
This one shows how I have it wired. The Pic shows my mess. My friend that helped me
some said the red from the timer connects to the Black from Ballasts. I have all the Whites connected. I have one extension cord ran to my flowering chamber to each socket. I've looked over those diagrams and I can see I have something wrong. (or more than one) I once mis-wired it and it tripped the GFCI while testing some things. Could that have ruined both ignitors? I put the ground bar in and all extension cords in/out are on it along w/ ballasts and timer. I'll have to get a merc. bulb if I need to test/diagnose. Once again thanks for patiently helping me with this.
I made sure the wire nuts were tight. I've been looking at those diagrams and I can see I just have a mental block with how this should be done to work
ok man i edited this diagram a little for clarity's sake.
if your still having problems, what you
need to do is make it simple first, before you go start buying stuff like a mercury lamp.
let me kinda guide you in the right direction for a second if you dont mind.
first thing is you need to simplify the problem. having all the components hooked up at once adds more possibilities of a problem, or what we call in the field
points of failure. here is a checklist for how to test your setup. if your scared of using a volt meter to test live elctricity, then stiop right here, and have a pro or someone more knowledgable run through this for you...
you said you had a tester that read 120v your going to need it here:
1. disconnect the timer output (red) from the rest of the circuit. leave the power hooked up to the timer and turn it on so that your lights would be on if you had the red wire connected to the rest of the circuit
2.check AC voltage from the timer output (red) to the incoming neutral (white) on the power circuit.
3. if you have 105-135VAC, then the timer is good. go to step 4. if not then:
a) verify incoming power is on. if it is,
b) verify you have the timer programmed correctly. if it is, and you still have no voltage on the red wire, than
c) timer is bad
d) replace timer and proceed to step 4
4. shut the power off momentarily to the timer.
5. next we want to work with just one ballast at a time here.
6. while the power is off, connect a single ballast with working lamp installed as shown in the diagram to the timer output (red), neutral (white) and ground (green)
7. when your done, turn the timer back on.
8. if lamp lights, connect next ballast and repeat. if not-
a) check 'open circuit voltage' at the lamp socket. this means remove the lamp from the socket, and with the power on, take a AC reading between
the center pin of the light socket (the very center contact in the base of the lamp socket) and the
threaded base (threaded metal insert that the lamp actually screws into) your looking for something real close to 120v, give or take 5 volt in either direction high or low. if you do not have 120v, verify wiring and repeat this step
b) if you are confident of your wiring and lamp will still not start
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c) if this resolves your issue with the first ballast, shut the power off to the timer, connect the second ballast as shown in the diagram and repeat step 8.
do this untill you figure out what the deal is, then when you take the proper corrective actions to resolve your problem,
then hook everything back up the way you want it too work.
by the way that link for the troubleshooting .pdf is a very handy document... if you or anyone reading this is going to play with HID lighting I highly suggest you read it/download it......
i want to wire 2 x 200w cfl's + 1 100mm Inline fan to one plug socket . will i be ok ?