Yea it was the surge protector, I just threw it away, I'm sure now after thinking about it that it wasn't meant for all of that wattage.
So long as your ballast wasn't ment to run on 240volts(which has a plug that doesn't fit into a standard grounded socket, so it wouldn't have worked anyway) the wattage shouldn't matter. It's just a bunk surge protector. Don't blame the wattage.
Man that thing poped, cracked I saw electricity and immediately unplugged everything, I could even smell it burning. But I can believe it was a bunk surge protector. Everything is plugged back in without the surge protector of course and is working just fine. I just wanted to make sure that it being on the carpet would be ok.
