How to wire a flouro. strip light with a plug??

Cugine · #1 05-21-2007, 03:43 PM

I have a fluorescent strip light and I cut the female end off of an outdoor extension cord (3 prong with ground). Is there a diagram out there to show me how to wire this light to plug into a regular wall outlet?. What I tried didn't work..lol..

northerntights · #2 05-21-2007, 03:48 PM

I tried that once, the issue is making a good connection between the two, use wire-nutes that look like this and you won't go wrong:

Oh and Home Depot sells them, or you can get them online. Just match the colored wires and your set, I used these for a 400w HPS I rigged and they never failed.

Cugine · #3 05-21-2007, 06:08 PM

I figured it out..had the the wrong wire going to the ballast. It had a switch and a convience plug so it threw me off a bit.

honkytonk · #4 07-18-2007, 10:06 AM

can you post a pic of the ballast with the wiring