help with light setup

i'm sure many of you have assembled systems like this (pics) before so i'm asking for your help on getting me started. i'm looking at the graph and it makes some sense to me but i'd like some guidelines as to how these systems are actually connected. actual questions:

1) is there any difference in which of the wires (brown or blue) in the power cord i connect to the F and N on the ballast on input?

2) where do i connect the earth wire on the ballast?

3) is there any difference in which of the wires (brown or blue) in the power cord i connect to the LR and LA on the ballast on output?

4) how do i connect the blue and brown wire in the cord to the light socket?

5) does the earth wite connect to the metal plate attached to the reflector?

if there's already a good thread on this somewhere i'd really appreciate the link and of course any helpful information would be appreciated.
 

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