low bay metal halides

itisagift

itisagift

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I have been looking for a while now and still have not been able to find an accurate
and or reliable source..

I have a low bay 400 watt metal halide fixture and ballast. If anyone can help me remove the ballast from the fixture and bulb it would be greatly appreciated.

My main concern is the weight of the ballast.
 
Douche Nozzle

Douche Nozzle

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Its hard to say without pics of your light. Most of the time it is only a matter of removeing the mogul base for the bulb and adding a length of wire in between them to the desired length. Make sure it is a heavy guage wire and not a cheap extention cord. Other than that, without knowing what it is thats all I can tell you.
 
itisagift

itisagift

Active Member
Douche Nozzle said:
Its hard to say without pics of your light. Most of the time it is only a matter of removeing the mogul base for the bulb and adding a length of wire in between them to the desired length. Make sure it is a heavy guage wire and not a cheap extention cord. Other than that, without knowing what it is thats all I can tell you.
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i have to get my camera cord from a friend so ill get some up soon but the socket it only held in place by 2 screws and nuts, i have not taken it off yet.

when i remove the socket from the ballast are the wires going to be the typical 3 colors and i just splice them together?

and appreciate the help
 
Douche Nozzle

Douche Nozzle

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The socket will have a black wire and a white wire. I used a heavier extention cord that I cut the ends off and used only the 2 wires. To splice them I used wire nuts and then wrapped in electrical tape. I used a high bay light that I "found" at a construction site i was welding at. It worked great for my grow.
 
itisagift

itisagift

Active Member
Douche Nozzle said:
The socket will have a black wire and a white wire. I used a heavier extention cord that I cut the ends off and used only the 2 wires. To splice them I used wire nuts and then wrapped in electrical tape. I used a high bay light that I "found" at a construction site i was welding at. It worked great for my grow.
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haha "found"

well as soon as i get that problem fixed i'll be building a box similar to yours.
i've got pretty much the same set up as you

thanks for the help it is going to help keep my closet out of the high 80's !!
 
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