Titan Helios 11. Help with wiring

Hey guys. So i had my electrician come out and wire everthing up for me. I plug my 3 240v ballasts in and they run great, but when i unplug my trigger 120v cord, the lights stay on. So i take the cover off the helios 11 and it looks like he bypasses the trigger part and installed the two hot wires to the actual outlets. Can you guys help me connect the wires in the right places? It seems like an easy thing, thats y i dont want to call my guy out again just for this little thing.

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So if you guys got any idea please let me know. I looked at the installation guide but i dont know exactly how to connect the 2 hot wires to the 240 power. Thanks!
 

legallyflying

Well-Known Member
its official, your "electrician" is a fucking dumbass.

Anyways, it does appear that he did indeed simply bypass the damn relay. LOL. see how the red and black wires are attached to the end of the relay (left side of photo). wait, Why the fuck does he have a netural wire in there for 240? anyways..... the power lines from your electrical supply; not get ready for a surprise.... need to be attached to where the big fucking sticker is saying " input 1 and 2 120v power". LOL

Jesus.

He spliced the power cables directly into the receptacles. All the power input goes directly to the one side of the relay. Then it leaves the other side of the relay and goes to the outlets. NO wire goes from supply directly to the receptacles.

Its quite simply, the relay is really a "gate". The power is waiting to cross the gate and flow to the receptacles. When the relay is charged by your remote timer, a coil is activated and the "gate closes" thus powering your outlets.

the little black and white wires near the bottom of the relay are used to turn the realy on and off.

I have a schematic for a light box controller I built, I will see if I can find it and post it up. It may help you to imagine what is going on.
 

legallyflying

Well-Known Member
This is the proper way to wire a relay. Your trigger wires appear to attach to the end, not the side like mine do. Jsut ignore the three wires going to the upper receptacle. I was wiring a 120 receptacle to power my trigger and then proceeding to run 240 to the relay.

Yours should look like the right side of my diagram.

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Hey thanks alot! I figured it out.. Took out the 12 gauge wire he spliced with. Put the 10 gauge wire through those little red loop connectors and got some pliers to crush them on the wire. Then i did exactly wat u said, unscrewed both 120v spots and put the screws through each look and fastened tight. Magic! My trigger cord now works lol. Thanks for the help.
 
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