Im sorry but can you explain how you wired that? when you unscrewed the ballast from the bulb and wired it what wires did you match? and what is the yellow tape you used? can you please provide instructions on how you did this?
Ok, I'll try to explain this as best possible, but it's a little hard to describe step by step. When you first get your light, you will have 3 wires coming out (black, White and copper-ground). These are the wires you will eventually connect to your power source. My first step was taking it apart without disconnecting any wires. When you remove the socket portion (the part the socket is attach too) be sure to note where the black/white socket wires are attached. From the socket, the white wire will be attached to two other white wires (one goes to the igniter-white box and the other goes to the power source) The black wire will be connected with two red wires (1 goes to the igniter and the other to the ballast). If you look in the picture, all I did was use an old ext. cord to make the connection from the socket to these items longer (see Pic 1, the orange ext at bottom of picture)...don't worry about the green grnd wire on this portion. Look at Pic 2, you will notice the yellow clamps...those are connectors for the power source ext. cord. You can see which wires are connected where...BE SURE YOUR GREEN EXT. CORD WIRE IS ATTACHED TO THE BRASS GRND WIRE IN THE LIGHT. Okay...so hopefully you've made it this far. So.....one of the ext. cords using only the black and white wire are going to the bulb/socket portion and the other is using all three wires and is going to the power source.
I will also attach a ghetto diagram to better explain which wires are going where...hopefully it will explain too. Let me know if you have any other questions. REMEMBER, THE PURPLE LINES ARE THE WHITE WIRES.
I know this is confusing, hopefully the diagram can explain it a little better. Please let me know if you have any other questions. OH YEA, I only grow tomatoes...
Oh crap, in the diagram, I have a connector without any wires. In this light, the blue wire connecting the ingnitor and the ballast run through this..you can see it in the pictures.