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hunt4pot1

hunt4pot1

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This is the diagram from the ballast kit. This is going to make a DIY remote kit. I just dont know where to put the green ground wire? The light will be in a cool tube so no hood to ground the wire and ballast. What do you do?
 

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Leothwyn

Leothwyn

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I don't really understand what this is exactly (I'm new to a lot of this stuff), but if this is all inside some sort of case, then I would think that the ground wire would just go to a screw somewhere on the inside of the case itself.
 
hunt4pot1

hunt4pot1

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Leothwyn said:
I don't really understand what this is exactly (I'm new to a lot of this stuff), but if this is all inside some sort of case, then I would think that the ground wire would just go to a screw somewhere on the inside of the case itself.
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I think you wire the ground to the ballaist ears or mounting brackets that the coil is on. I think? This my help you better see the what I am talking about.
http://www.onlinepot.org/grow/wiringlights.htm
Look at the pic that says onlinepot.org in the top right coner. This is what I think is right but just want to make sure you don't have to put it in a metal box or a pvc box or what to make it safe and right.
 
Leothwyn

Leothwyn

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Looking at the 2nd pic (grey background, onlinepot.org in the top right corner), it looks like the ground wire just goes straight to the mounting bracket of the transformer (yellow arrows pointing to it).
 
Mortloch

Mortloch

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lol ok in a world where everything works right you would never need the ground wire, but because you may get a big jolt of electrical current down the line you need to have the ground wire attached to the shortest link to earth (before your electronic device). I'm not going to be the one to tell you that you don't need it, but it will work with out it. to ground it what you need to do is cut the power at the panel to that outlet, get a screw driver pull the outlet off and attach it to the green screw on the outlet, put back together and turn it on. Other grounding options are metal conduit or a COLD water pipe (not hot as they don't go into the ground). I couldn't tell what the pictures where saying but you want the ground attached to metal at the balast where the power first comes in (to ground the charge before it hurts the balast)
 
hunt4pot1

hunt4pot1

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cannaman2.5 said:
If you have a ballast box there should be a spot in the bottom of the box to secure the ground
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The ballast doesn't have a box to do that with. It is just the ballast and other parts.Thanks for your reply

Mortloch said:
lol ok in a world where everything works right you would never need the ground wire, but because you may get a big jolt of electrical current down the line you need to have the ground wire attached to the shortest link to earth (before your electronic device). I'm not going to be the one to tell you that you don't need it, but it will work with out it. to ground it what you need to do is cut the power at the panel to that outlet, get a screw driver pull the outlet off and attach it to the green screw on the outlet, put back together and turn it on. Other grounding options are metal conduit or a COLD water pipe (not hot as they don't go into the ground). I couldn't tell what the pictures where saying but you want the ground attached to metal at the balast where the power first comes in (to ground the charge before it hurts the balast)
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I get what you are saying. I am not a stranger to the electic world but didnt really know if I there was something I was missing. Thanks for your help.
 
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