din'e medicine
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How do i wire a 400 watt industrail high bay north star light fixture, so i can plug it into a regular plug?
HID light wiring
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smoke and coke
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check out my link and see if it helps.
https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/164853-how-use-industrial-low-bay.html
din'e medicine
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Where does the green groung wire hook up to, besides the on the case??
smoke and coke
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the cord and plug should have 3 wires in it.
hot or power- black
white-neutral
green or bare-ground.
if your cord doesnt have a ground wire you should replace it with a 3 wire cord. inside wireing compartment there should be a green screw for the ground. some already have a built in ground wire so just connect it with the ground wire from the cord.
if your going to make the ballast remote, then use a #12 wire from the ballast to socket. if you have a metal reflector then connect the ground to that. if no reflector and just using the socket, there really isnt anyplace for the ground wire so i use a peice of flat metal and mount the socketon that and connect the ground to the metal.
din'e medicine
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I have a high bay ballast with the socket. I got the plug for the green, black, and white wires. I already took it apart and changed it to 120V, Com, Ground. How can I make this fixture into a dual MH-HPS ballest??
smoke and coke
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sorry but you have a magnetic ballast and its not made to be switchable. it is either a MH or HPS fixture. you will have to get another ballast made for the other type of light than what you have. or you can get a conversion bulb witch are quite pricey.
if you have a metal halide fixture than it would be best to get an hps fixture.
if you have an hps fixture than get a MH conversion bulb that will work in an hps fixture.
if you have a metal halide fixture than it would be best to get an hps fixture.
if you have an hps fixture than get a MH conversion bulb that will work in an hps fixture.
din'e medicine
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Oh, so where can i get another ballast part?
smoke and coke
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you need to shop around. like ebay and some other places. what are you looking for MH or HPS?
din'e medicine
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I wana replace my current MH ballast to an HPS ballast?