step up and step down converters....

Got a question, been lookin at these 224v/110v step up/step down converts, they are supposed to be steady use and have way more watts then what i would need, i'm wanting a cheap way to convert 240v to multiple 110v lines....

http://www.220-electronics.com/Transformers/trans/simranreg.htm

Will or would these work for lights? they are 1/8th the price of boards..

i wanna run from the dryer 240v to 2 x 120v - 600w's, would they work for that?



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Come on all, there has to be someone using or have tryed these, or any electicians with advice?............



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Sorry I don't know much about these things however I have seen a thread titled "experienced electrician here to help" or something like that. Look for that thread in some of the other places like grow room design and setup or indoor growing. Best of luck my friend.

Did you find the electrician's thread?

Ya, thankz, but it didn't answere the Q....... found it on page 18......

Guess i'll just have to keep bumping this thread in the hopes of finding the answere....

epixbud said:

Ya, thankz, but it didn't answere the Q....... found it on page 18......

Guess i'll just have to keep bumping this thread in the hopes of finding the answere....

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Sorry man. I know a little about electrical but that is above my knowledge. I hoped that thread would help you. Anyways, I hope you find what you are looking for.

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Sorry man. I know a little about electrical but that is above my knowledge. I hoped that thread would help you. Anyways, I hope you find what you are looking for.

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Same here, just outa my knoledge ........ thankz tho.....

epixbud said:

Got a question, been lookin at these 224v/110v step up/step down converts, they are supposed to be steady use and have way more watts then what i would need, i'm wanting a cheap way to convert 240v to multiple 110v lines....

http://www.220-electronics.com/Transformers/trans/simranreg.htm

Will or would these work for lights? they are 1/8th the price of boards..

i wanna run from the dryer 240v to 2 x 120v - 600w's, would they work for that?

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I was thinking about utilising one or more of those too, but I'm not savy enough in the electrical department to really know what I'm doing.

Airwave said:

I was thinking about utilising one or more of those too, but I'm not savy enough in the electrical department to really know what I'm doing.

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And if they'll work for it, they are SO much cheaper then store bot or built 240v to 110v boards...

the only reason i wanna use 240v is so i can bring the garage 240v into my room, round 75+ feet, probly closer to 100,
wanna split the hydro use between 2 meters...
think it'll be hard on a 110v extended that much and running 2-600wrz.....
And i also wanna keep everything 110v so if i ever have probs i'll have replacements that'll work on both lines... all my equipment now runs off 110.....


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There's no need to buy a converter, most good ballasts can run on either voltage, I think all digital ballasts can, they might need rewiring slightly but there are guides out there if you look for them.
220v will make the ballast run slightly more efficiently, drawing a little less power and generating less heat.
I have seen electricians on here saying that if you take one hot wire from the 220v line (there are two) and run them both back to the same ground then you can get two 110v lines but we don't have that over here, all our wiring is 220v and we just have one hot wire so I've no personal experience doing this myself and so couldn't give you a guide on how to safely do it.

Hairy Bob said:

There's no need to buy a converter, most good ballasts can run on either voltage, I think all digital ballasts can, they might need rewiring slightly but there are guides out there if you look for them.
220v will make the ballast run slightly more efficiently, drawing a little less power and generating less heat.
I have seen electricians on here saying that if you take one hot wire from the 220v line (there are two) and run them both back to the same ground then you can get two 110v lines but we don't have that over here, all our wiring is 220v and we just have one hot wire so I've no personal experience doing this myself and so couldn't give you a guide on how to safely do it.

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hay there, thankz for the reply.....


Lumtec Digital Ballasts come Pre wired for each Voltage (at leaste in canada) With 5 Years warrentie....
WHY would you Waste the warrentie by cracking the case!
i've already had to return 1 before.....
I make my perchases with the future in mind...

And i personally know how to wire ballests and split the 240v into 2 - 110v lines, but this is ware the Original question cones back in....

Will those step down converters work for lights?


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I didn't say anything about opening the case on a ballast that was already wired to run on 220, just that certain ballasts might need to be wired differently for a different voltage. If it comes pre-wired to run on either voltage, what is the problem? I honestly can't see why you are asking this question. If you know how to split the 220 line into a pair of 110s, why the hell would you want to spend money on a converter that does just that?
Does your room not have it's own power or something? Why do you want to run 100' of extension to put 220v in there, then convert it to 110 in the first place?
I'm sorry if I'm missing something here, I'm not being deliberately obtuse, I really can't see a reason to do it this way, you said in your op that you want a cheap way to step down the voltage, but you won't just split the feeds, despite knowing how to? Not making sense to me I'm afraid.
To answer your initial question then, yes. As long as the current you are pulling is within the rating of the converter and it's designed for continuous use, there's no reason it won't work. There's also no reason I can see to spend money here.