need help wiring up mogul socket to ballast

[reachtdk]

hello all,

long time reader, first time thread starter...

i bought these mogul sockets:
http://www.hydrofarm.com/pb_detail.php?itemid=1971#

notice the 2 wires...

the plug from the ballast to the mogul has 3 wires though and i dont know where that 3rd wire is supposed to go.

the color of the ballast to mogul wires are brown, yellow with a green stripe, and blue. i tried finding a picture online, but to no avail. im going to just be hanging these bulbs vertically if that helps.

also, i have eurosystems 1000w ballasts that are switchable from 120 to 240. i want to run two of them 120 and the other four 240 if that changes anything. thanks for your help!

 

[I2KanGrow]

Hey reachtdk: I'd say that the yellow & blue wires go to the socket - and the yellow/green wire goes to ground the hood/reflector.

I'm assuming that you have a starter or capacitor already wired into your ballast properly??

Hope this helps!

 

[reachtdk]

hey,

im not running any hoods at all. the bulbs will be hung from the mogul socket vertically.

as far as the ballast its a EUROSYSTEMS 1000w. link here:
http://www.euro-systems.net/show.php?pic=m3McS1Pf1000-600.jpg

do you see that white socket? that goes from the ballast to the mogul, but it has 3 wires and the mogul socket only has 2.

thanks for your help!

 

[FreezerBoy]

I want to be careful here as it sounds like you're not in the States where: Hot is black(small flat prong), Com is white (large flat prong) and Ground is green (rounded prong). If you can find which of your colors correspond to mine, we're in. Or, remove the socket and trace where the wires come from. The wire that stems from the center 'spring" connection is Hot. While the top pics were to show the screws that hold socket to base, the right shot shows the center "spring" connector. The other wire from the socket is Com. Whatever color left is ground.



The ground wire does NOT connect to the socket. It connects to the metal base holding the socket. If there's no such base, connect to the metal reflector.

 

[magiccannabus]

Make sure the cables you get are rated for high voltages.

 

[FreezerBoy]

According to this Hot is brown, Com or Neutral is blue and Ground is yellow/green

 

[I2KanGrow]

Hey Freezer, really great free-standing socket idea - I'll need to make one of those!!

I'm not so sure that it matters which way the electricity flows thru the lamp, but it certainly never hurts to be consistent.

reachtdk - in FB's free-standing socket design, I'd ground the base (which he did) - IMHO, it's always a good idea to cover-up those bare wires on the bottom of the socket (like FB also did w/ the box)... remember, grounding is good, grounding is your friend!!

 

[FreezerBoy]

Truth in advertising. The socket assembly is factory made. I just disassembled it for demo purposes.

 

[reachtdk]

FB - thanks man. i didnt know that i had to ground that 3rd wire. i went back to the hydro store and they sold me these mogul caps that i can ground the 3rd wire to. it screws into the bottom of the mogul socket. =)

http://www.hydrofarm.com/pb_detail.php?itemid=1966#

im trying to wire an 4 to 8 lamp flip flop. im reading through the articles found here. have you done something like that before? mind if i pick ur brain?

 

[reachtdk]

im going to check out that color codes site tonight and do some wiring tomorrow morning. ill let you know how it turns out. thanks again for your help.

the more you know, the more you understand that theres so much more out there that you havent tapped into yet knowledge-wise.

 

[isthislegal]

I know this thread is old, but it just helped me bunches...Honors to all. Thanks FB

 

[FreezerBoy]

Aw shucks.

This gives me a chance at a correction I either missed or didn't know at the time...

I'm not so sure that it matters which way the electricity flows thru the lamp, but it certainly never hurts to be consistent.

The lamp will work either way but safety demands we hook up "live/hot" to the center post to avoid making the metal socket itself capable of shocking us.