need help converting MH security light into remote ballast

Ive seen the threads for wiring an HPS for remote ballast but I have yet to find anything for a MH. the light I have has the ballast, ignitor, and the socket any help would be greatly appreciated.

bygmyke said:

Ive seen the threads for wiring an HPS for remote ballast but I have yet to find anything for a MH. the light I have has the ballast, ignitor, and the socket any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Ok is this a high bay or low bay light fixture, or is it a kit that you bought.

Either way let me know, and I will gladly help you

keico said:

Ok is this a high bay or low bay light fixture, or is it a kit that you bought.

Either way let me know, and I will gladly help you

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its actually and outdoor security light i found in my dads garage i wanna make sure everything is ok im kinda worried about indoor growing but i have experience outdoors. dont wanna burn the house down you know!

bygmyke said:

its actually and outdoor security light i found in my dads garage i wanna make sure everything is ok im kinda worried about indoor growing but i have experience outdoors. dont wanna burn the house down you know!

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If you can take a picture it would help. Also are there any stickers with a model number.

Let me know

keico said:

If you can take a picture it would help. Also are there any stickers with a model number.

Let me know

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unfortunatly i dont have a camera on the ballast it says its a MH 100 watts lamp is m90 class H 1029A volt 120 current 4.0 AMPS. The ballast itself has a black/yellow wire, 2 white, 1 red,1 blue the blue wire says X3 on it both whites say COM the red says LAMP the black/yellow says 120V. The ignitor has 1 white,blue, and red and they say the same as the ballast wires while the socket has one black one white wire

Just buy a plug and hook the black/yellow 120V wires to it so you can plug it in to a residential outlet. Take the wires going from the socket to the ballast to the hardware store and match them up, buy your required length of matching wire and extend the existing wires so it is long enough to keep the ballast somewhere else and have the socket and whatever kind of reflector you rig up, hanging over your canopy.

yeah i would but i dont know what connects to what because the ballast ignitor and socket are not connected!

bygmyke said:

yeah i would but i dont know what connects to what because the ballast ignitor and socket are not connected!

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one thing about outside light like that is some have an eye that detictes the dark to make like come on. 2 things you can do if this is the type you have. 1st is totolydisconect the eye, or 2 witch os way easer is just take some black tape and cover the eye, this way it will come on no matter what time of day.goodluck

mygirls said:

one thing about outside light like that is some have an eye that detictes the dark to make like come on. 2 things you can do if this is the type you have. 1st is totolydisconect the eye, or 2 witch os way easer is just take some black tape and cover the eye, this way it will come on no matter what time of day.goodluck

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thanks mygirls but there is not a sensor i just need to figure out how to wire the socket,ballast, and ignitor together so i can make it a remote ballast i will no longer be using the housing

bygmyke said:

thanks mygirls but there is not a sensor i just need to figure out how to wire the socket,ballast, and ignitor together so i can make it a remote ballast i will no longer be using the housing

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give me a minute ill be right back.

sorry it took so long i had a hard time finding it.
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that wiring diagram is great exactly what i would need but unfortunatly its for an HPS i need one for a MH sorry for your trouble mygirls but i appreciate your help!

bygmyke said:

that wiring diagram is great exactly what i would need but unfortunatly its for an HPS i need one for a MH sorry for your trouble mygirls but i appreciate your help!

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same thing ill be right back.

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damn that diagram has a capacitor in it i don have one just a ballast socket and ignitor i dont have very much knowledge when it comes to electricity!

bygmyke said:

damn that diagram has a capacitor in it i don have one just a ballast socket and ignitor i dont have very much knowledge when it comes to electricity!

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you have to have one of them.your local hard ware store or lighting store willhave them in stock. all my ballast have a cap

mygirls said:

you have to have one of them.your local hard ware store or lighting store willhave them in stock. all my ballast have a cap

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it wont work without a capacitor? does the capacitor replace the ignitor because that diagram doesnt show the ignitor in it

bygmyke said:

it wont work without a capacitor? does the capacitor replace the ignitor because that diagram doesnt show the ignitor in it

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does yours have a ignighter in it. look at the 1sr pic i gave you it has both ways of hooking it up its right their in a diagram. mh and hps hook up the same way.

mygirls said:

does yours have a ignighter in it. look at the 1sr pic i gave you it has both ways of hooking it up its right their in a diagram. mh and hps hook up the same way.

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i was looking at the picture mine doesnt have a capacitor it has an ignitor ballast and socket the only difference i see is my ballast has 2 common wires on it the hps one in the pic doesnt have any white wires comin out of it

Dude,

Metal halide has a capacitor.
HPS has a capacitor and an ignitor.
if you have an old light with an ignitor in it, then you have a hps that the capacitor has been removed.
It is very simple, both of my lights are old MH lights that i took out of a shop.
when i'm out there again i will look at mine and takea picture of how everything should look.

Be careful with that light dude. those bulbs will pull all the power allowed to them, and trip your breaker or explode and set something on fire.