How do I connect this hps and what do I need? Detailed pics!

Karloff said:

Hi I'm not from Europe but Iam an electrician and have wired European fixtures before I would like to see the bubld socket and the power cord just to make sure you have all the parts because somethings telling me that you don't have the whole kit there.
Also from the picture s I see that there is no accomidation for a ground wire I would suggest you go to an electrical supply house not some megamart like Home Depot or what ever the larger stores are called where your from in my opinion you need a ground lug and thats a very common part and costs a dollar or less here in the states it can be attached to one of the round holes on the body of the ballast then you would connect the yellow /green wires to it from both the power cord and the whip to the bulb socket next you should connect the brown wire going to the bulb socket to the "LR" set screw then connect the blue wire from the bulb socket to the "LA" set screw after that you should connect the brown wire from the power cord to the "F" set screw finally connect the Blue power cord wire to the "N" set screw if your not sure or feel uncertain that you can trust what I'm saying go to the electrical supply house and ask the counter guy to help you or an electricians helper that is hanging around most first or second year apprentice's should be able to do it in a minute or so it's only five connections.
If you do it yourself just make sure you tighten the connections real good and as far as the ground lug goes use an nut and bolt to connect it to the ballast body also make sure it's good and tight the connections on the flat rear of the fixture should not be used for anything as they're hidden that ballast is made to go into a fixture or enclosure so your kind of adapting it to your needs just remeber to keep it away from flamable things don't cover it with anything and make sure it has air space to keep as cool as possible or the heat will shorten its life.
Take care and good luck with your grow.
Oh yeah put on some pants before you go out.....

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toondog73 said:

seriously mate, if you can't wire it up using the advice above, you should get someone to do it for you. I have exactly the same ballast and was struggling to work out which wire went where, thanks to the simple instructions from karloff, i am up and running, cheers mate.

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