Help with lumatek ballast

[Jimbo13]

I ordered a 400 watt lumatek ballast and it has a wonky end on it.

If I cut the end off will I find the green white and black cords I normally find on a ballast so I can hook it up to a E39 ceramic socket?

 

[loolagigi]

dont know what a e39 socket is...mine came with a power chord, and i had to buy a gh socket for 15 bucks.

 

[Jimbo13]

This socket

 

[peacock]

My 600 watt lumatek came with that attached to the mogel (socket) and then plugged into the ballast.
the wires are red, white and green(ground) just like any plug. Buy a three wire mogel for safety, since your ballast is grounded in the plug.
I'd buy the correct end for the ballast, it would not be expensive.

 

[ray jay]

Dont cut anything will void warranty.

 

[Jimbo13]

I would go to a hydro store but we don't have one locally. I ordered it and was expecting a green, white and black wire like my last two ballasts they wired directly to my 3 wired porcelain socket.

I have a shameful admition to make, I'm not rigging the light for growing it's for a Opaque projector and I need it running by friday.

 

[leafminer]

:yeahthat:
Get the correct mating connector, don't ghetto your nice digital ballast!

 

[leafminer]

Umm.... I can't recall the name but in most US cities there is a national chain of electrical distributors.

 

[Jimbo13]

It's not my first ballast and I hardly consider wiring a mogul socket directly to a ballast ghetto rigging it.

Just trying to find out if it's a standard lamp cable with a wonky plug on the end and everyone acts like i'm going to crack a Faberge egg.

 

[Jimbo13]

BTW thanks all for the splitting head ache I wish if people didn't know if it was a standard lamp cable behind the plug they butt out instead of shilling lame proprietary cables that will take me more time to order than I have available.

 

[nvthis]

BTW thanks all for the splitting head ache I wish if people didn't know if it was a standard lamp cable behind the plug they butt out instead of shilling lame proprietary cables that will take me more time to order than I have available.

If you grew a little bud with that light I think you would find yourself less prone to headaches:confused2:

Hope that helps


I think the moral of this story is this is a grow site, not some lame 'all things projector' site. If ya don't like what's being said, go some place else. And for godssake do yourself a favor, next time your shopping for a light blow away the competition with a 1,000w and step into the fast lane of projectoring, yo..

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[LEFTHAND]

This socket

That socket doesnt have a ground wire....... my ballast cam with a hydrofarms modual socket.. plug n play... any hydro store will carry the wires/sockets you need for that ballast...
LH