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Posted by wizniz on Mar-31-2006 00:42:

handymen of the world unite!

and help me!

ive got a fluorescent light fixture that i put together today...

only problem is that i was hoping i could plug it into a typical socket.

the instructions say to wire it through my wall or something along those lines that i dont want to go through the trouble of doing nor dont think i will.

what ive got are (from the ballast...):

1 black wire
1 white wire
1 green bolt for grounding

is there any way to do this and if not... how is one supposed to install it?!

Posted by eye_03 on Mar-31-2006 00:50:

well, the black wire goes from your power source to the light, and the white wire goes back from the light to your power source. also, connect a wire from the green bolt to a metal part of your light.
hope that helps, it will be my future career (electrician)

Posted by colonelcrisp on Mar-31-2006 00:51:

you need to get a cheap three wire grounded extension cord form the hardware store

cut the female end off (the one with the holes)

and then the green wire goes to teh green bolt
white to white
black to black etc

as long as the grounds are connected then you could connect black to white, white to black if you wanted as tehy are reversible
jsut dont connect a hot to a ground

its easy as that

get some marretts for the electrical connections, screw them down on the wires,m then wrap in electrical tape for safety reasons

Posted by wizniz on Mar-31-2006 00:55:

quote:
Originally posted by colonelcrisp
you need to get a cheap three wire grounded extension cord form the hardware store

cut the female end off (the one with the holes)

and then the green wire goes to teh green bolt
white to white
black to black etc

as long as the grounds are connected then you could connect black to white, white to black if you wanted as tehy are reversible
jsut dont connect a hot to a ground

its easy as that

get some marretts for the electrical connections, screw them down on the wires,m then wrap in electrical tape for safety reasons

wow. exactly what i was looking for.

thank you colonel.

i leave this up in the extremely rare instance that someone else was curious...

Posted by Zenchowdah on Mar-31-2006 02:03:

quote:
Originally posted by eye_03
well, the black wire goes from your power source to the light, and the white wire goes back from the light to your power source. also, connect a wire from the green bolt to a metal part of your light.
hope that helps, it will be my future career (electrician)

cool! im going to school for it right now. year and 4 months left

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on Mar-31-2006 02:03:

Im a handyman.

Posted by superglo on Mar-31-2006 02:03:

And to think i was just about to send my exhaust fan for re-wiring.
i'm just gonna do it myself.

Posted by tubularbills on Mar-31-2006 02:04:

i dress myself. that's about it.

Posted by tribu on Mar-31-2006 02:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Im a handyman.

Thats..erm...hot?

Posted by kadomony on Mar-31-2006 02:37:

now you can grow all the pot you want!

Posted by OhJoshPlenty on Mar-31-2006 04:43:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
now you can grow all the pot you want!

i think he is...

hah

Posted by Sunsnail on Mar-31-2006 04:45:

to be honest fluorescent lights aren't that great for um... certain things

Posted by kadomony on Mar-31-2006 04:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
to be honest fluorescent lights aren't that great for um... certain things

true, but not horrible if you have a good reflector

Posted by Allied Nations on Mar-31-2006 05:50:

ja need to get one of dem kazillion watt bulbs that take half an 'our to get going. That there's the best way to grow some pot!

Posted by OhJoshPlenty on Mar-31-2006 15:50:

yea there called hps bulbs or metal halide but the price on that setup is around 150$ and florcesnt setup still works and cost about 50$

Posted by jdat on Mar-31-2006 17:20:

I hate doing handy work and not finding my tools anywhere cause someone else moved them

Doing a lot of electrical work lately and each time I start working I spend an hour or two tracking down my tools

Today I got so angry cause I couldn't find an appropriate drillbit and was making holes way too big.
So in a surge of anger I took a hammer and started beating away at the wall