MacnReef Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 I am planning on unhooking the wiring from my 250W bell pendant and put the light in a socket and mounting it into a canopy. Is this what I need? Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 Yeup, just rewire the 2 wires into the sockets. If your going to be using a canopy I would recommend the socket/reflector kit though. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted December 26, 2002 Author Share Posted December 26, 2002 10/4. Good ol buddy. This was just a much better shot of the socket. Who do you recommend I purchase the whole kit thru. I looked at marinedepot but it looks like their socket reflector combo comes with a cord with a quick disconnect for a PFO ballast. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted December 26, 2002 Author Share Posted December 26, 2002 do all metal halide ballast have two wires coming off of the ballast. or may I run into a problem where the kit I buy has two wires and my ballast has three wires. Link to comment
HuBu Posted December 26, 2002 Share Posted December 26, 2002 most MH ballasts will have 2 wires to the socket and 3 wires to the plug. Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Hellolights.com sells reflector/socket combos. Here's the link : http://www.hellolights.com/methalparref.html Just use shrink tubing or those screw on caps to connect the wires together. What I did was get an extension cord and cut it in half. Use the wire ends to connect to the ballast and the other to connect to the socket. Bam ! You have your own quick disconnect. The The socket uses 2 wires but for added safety the third wire is used for grounding the reflector/socket. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 so when I go to splice these two pieces together, how do you put three wires on two. Is there like two blacks or two whites on the ballast? If anyone has a diagram or could draw a diagram I would be very happy. Thanx to all! Link to comment
MacnReef Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 isn't that one too big? It is like 13" wide, my tank is only 10" wide and I also want to put PC actinics. I was looking for just a flat sheet that I could just cut to fit, do you have any ideas? Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Yea, a piece of shiny sheet metal will work. I hear those zig zag type of reflectors work well too. When you splice the line going to you bell pendent, there should be 2 but POSSIBLY 3 lines. Remeber, green is always the grounding line. That means you should attatch this line to your reflector or socket so absorb any stray electrical currents. The other 2 lines should be of some other color. These two you will connect to the 2 lines comming from your new socket. Link to comment
MacnReef Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 Great, thanks for the help. Once I get it, if I run into trouble, I may post some pics so that some one can help me hook it up the right way. But it sounds easy enough. Thanx again Link to comment
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