SaneLawsMake4SaneSociety
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Hey everyone...and back again do I go to RIU for help...
Ok, I have 2 questions on this one.
First off, I have a lu;matek "240V only" (US) 1k watt ballast. The plug is the same shape as this diagram. So, I went to Home Depot and bought the only one I could find there that looked like that, thinking "This one looks too big for the plug I have, but I can't imagine there would be 2 outlet/plug styles that are the same shape, but just a different size"
Well, yeah, the outlet is too big, the whole scale of it I mean.
So, first question is does anyone know exactly what style I need to get/order/whatever? (Like NEMA 6-30, or some exact model number would be real good)...I cant find any thing on this in the stuff that came with the ballast.
The second question is about the stuff that I did find in the paperwork for the ballast. It says "...may malfunction if the 240V circuit has a NEUTRAL. The input for your ballast is 2 HOT WIRES and 1 GROUND WIRE. If you are going to use a light controller ONLY bring a ground wire and 2 hot leads from your electrical panel. "
That threw a lot of doubt on the installation as I understood it, mainly because the neutral and ground wires, according to the reading I have done, are connected in the panel. I opened my panel and looked in there (I am not touching shit inside there myself) and it does seem that ground and neutral are connected.
So...to sum it all up, the 2 q's re: what kind of outlet do I need, and how the hell do I wire it?
( I am tapping off of the dryer circuit, by the way)
I can take pics of whatever anyone would need . Thanks!
Ok, I have 2 questions on this one.
First off, I have a lu;matek "240V only" (US) 1k watt ballast. The plug is the same shape as this diagram. So, I went to Home Depot and bought the only one I could find there that looked like that, thinking "This one looks too big for the plug I have, but I can't imagine there would be 2 outlet/plug styles that are the same shape, but just a different size"
Well, yeah, the outlet is too big, the whole scale of it I mean.
So, first question is does anyone know exactly what style I need to get/order/whatever? (Like NEMA 6-30, or some exact model number would be real good)...I cant find any thing on this in the stuff that came with the ballast.
The second question is about the stuff that I did find in the paperwork for the ballast. It says "...may malfunction if the 240V circuit has a NEUTRAL. The input for your ballast is 2 HOT WIRES and 1 GROUND WIRE. If you are going to use a light controller ONLY bring a ground wire and 2 hot leads from your electrical panel. "
That threw a lot of doubt on the installation as I understood it, mainly because the neutral and ground wires, according to the reading I have done, are connected in the panel. I opened my panel and looked in there (I am not touching shit inside there myself) and it does seem that ground and neutral are connected.
So...to sum it all up, the 2 q's re: what kind of outlet do I need, and how the hell do I wire it?
( I am tapping off of the dryer circuit, by the way)
I can take pics of whatever anyone would need . Thanks!