Im clueless and need some help on how to do this.. the wires are labled but all they say are certain amount of volts and i have no idea how to wire this to a wall plug or how to wire it to the bulb?! please can someone help me? thanks
-sulli
-sulli
Post a some pictures of what you have, are we talking magnetic ballast that need to be wired between the capacitor the coil and the plug? Or are we talking an electronic ballast that just needs to be hooked up to a bulb?
Pics lots of pics will help us help you.
Pics lots of pics will help us help you.
Ummm ok just noticed the time here's the rundown:
There should be a few types of wires.
277V 208V 120V and one other V wire:
You only need the 120V one. The rest should be properly insulated and touching nothing metal. The 120V one should be attached to the wall Black.
Common Wire(mine says COM on it) There should be two of these, which one you hook up to the lamp and wall shouldn't matter - if they say which is which don't argue though. This attaches to the Wall white and the Lamp white(or common).
There's also a wire for the capacitor. (yours appears to be hoooked up properly, mine says CAP on it) The other end of the cap should hook up to the LAMP black.
Hopefully helpful - google for "ballast wiring" or something if your still stumped. If you see things such as "ignitor" that's a different kind of ballast.
So in summary:
White to common, common to lamp.
Black to transformer 120V, transformer to capacitor, capacitor to black lamp.
There should be a few types of wires.
277V 208V 120V and one other V wire:
You only need the 120V one. The rest should be properly insulated and touching nothing metal. The 120V one should be attached to the wall Black.
Common Wire(mine says COM on it) There should be two of these, which one you hook up to the lamp and wall shouldn't matter - if they say which is which don't argue though. This attaches to the Wall white and the Lamp white(or common).
There's also a wire for the capacitor. (yours appears to be hoooked up properly, mine says CAP on it) The other end of the cap should hook up to the LAMP black.
Hopefully helpful - google for "ballast wiring" or something if your still stumped. If you see things such as "ignitor" that's a different kind of ballast.
So in summary:
White to common, common to lamp.
Black to transformer 120V, transformer to capacitor, capacitor to black lamp.
Yes, sorry- the transformer body(square outer) should be grounded to the green wall wire. In good practice the mogul socket should be mounted on metal, and that also grounded, but not necessary
sort of confused about the whole grounding thing, are you saying i should attatch the green wire from the grounded wall plug to the matal casing of the ballast? how would i attatch it?? and how would i ground the mogul??
Thanks
Chris
Take a look at the picture, is that what your talking about or what??? thanks again
Thanks
Chris
Take a look at the picture, is that what your talking about or what??? thanks again
Attachments
The tape would work I guess....
But it looks like there are screws on the transformer(in you pics), for mounting. If you wrap the wire around one of the screws and screw it down, that's the standard. Or something lik that. Wrap the wire through the holes, solder the wire on, attach the wire to whatever the ballast is mounted to (if it's conductive)... Don't get too hung up on specifics. There are lots of solutions, some elegant, some not so much.
Oh and grounding the mogul, some moguls have a contact screw for it, some don't. Usually to 'ground the mogul' you ground whatever is metal that the mogul is attached to. And to ground that you wanna hook that up to the same screw or whatever as the wall ground is hooked up to the transformer.
But it looks like there are screws on the transformer(in you pics), for mounting. If you wrap the wire around one of the screws and screw it down, that's the standard. Or something lik that. Wrap the wire through the holes, solder the wire on, attach the wire to whatever the ballast is mounted to (if it's conductive)... Don't get too hung up on specifics. There are lots of solutions, some elegant, some not so much.
Oh and grounding the mogul, some moguls have a contact screw for it, some don't. Usually to 'ground the mogul' you ground whatever is metal that the mogul is attached to. And to ground that you wanna hook that up to the same screw or whatever as the wall ground is hooked up to the transformer.
Oh and one last question, the common wire that is connected to the wall it plugs into the white wire from the plug and so what do i do with the black wire tahts coming from the 3 prong grounded plug?? thanks
By 3 prong grounded plug I assume you mean the wall (my bulb is connected to the ballast by a 3 prong plug and socket... confusing sometimes I know)
And to answer that(from above):
"You only need the 120V one. The rest should be properly insulated and touching nothing metal. The 120V one should be attached to the wall Black.
Common Wire(mine says COM on it) There should be two of these, which one you hook up to the lamp and wall shouldn't matter - if they say which is which don't argue though. This attaches to the Wall white and the Lamp white(or common)."
And to answer that(from above):
"You only need the 120V one. The rest should be properly insulated and touching nothing metal. The 120V one should be attached to the wall Black.
Common Wire(mine says COM on it) There should be two of these, which one you hook up to the lamp and wall shouldn't matter - if they say which is which don't argue though. This attaches to the Wall white and the Lamp white(or common)."
Thanks for all your continues help Mr.Kh i am in your debt! if i think of anyhting else ill post it here, but until then!
Cheers!!
Chris
Cheers!!
Chris
i just got the fan wired up and tomorrow im doin the ballast 😀 im excited this is fun! cant wait to see this badboy on!! thanks a ton
Cheers!!!!!!
Chris
Cheers!!!!!!
Chris
where can i buy a plug for the wall, I don't really want to be sticking wires into wall sockets, and I don't think it's a good idea to just take an extension cord and strip it. Does anyone know a good place to get these?
wall plug
Home Depot, or any hardware store should have three-prong grounded wall plugs. But then you would also need to buy some heavy-duty power cord to go with it. There is nothing wrong with using one of those fat orange three-prong extension cords. (ie. used for power tools or lawn equipment.) They usually sell at Home Depot or WalMart for less than you would pay for the plug alone. You just cut the cord as long as you want it from the plug end, and then carefully remove a couple of inches of the outer insulation from the cut end. You should then see three wires: The black one will be hot (120 Volts AC). The white one will be neutral (pretty close to 0 volts). The green one will be ground. Strip off 1/2 inch of insulation from each and you are ready to hook it up.
Use wire nuts to make your wire-to-wire connections: You hold the wires you need to join together, side by side. Then you twist the exposed copper together a bit, clockwise looking down at the bare ends. Then you screw on a wire nut of the appropriate size until it is tight. All the exposed copper should be covered up.
Of course, you might also want to include a switch in the line, so you don't have to just yank the plug out of the wall to turn it off! Use an ordinary wall switch you get at Home Depot for <$1. You might even get extravagant and install seperate switches for the fan versus everything else, so you can leave the fan running for a while after you turn of the projector.
Home Depot, or any hardware store should have three-prong grounded wall plugs. But then you would also need to buy some heavy-duty power cord to go with it. There is nothing wrong with using one of those fat orange three-prong extension cords. (ie. used for power tools or lawn equipment.) They usually sell at Home Depot or WalMart for less than you would pay for the plug alone. You just cut the cord as long as you want it from the plug end, and then carefully remove a couple of inches of the outer insulation from the cut end. You should then see three wires: The black one will be hot (120 Volts AC). The white one will be neutral (pretty close to 0 volts). The green one will be ground. Strip off 1/2 inch of insulation from each and you are ready to hook it up.
Use wire nuts to make your wire-to-wire connections: You hold the wires you need to join together, side by side. Then you twist the exposed copper together a bit, clockwise looking down at the bare ends. Then you screw on a wire nut of the appropriate size until it is tight. All the exposed copper should be covered up.
Of course, you might also want to include a switch in the line, so you don't have to just yank the plug out of the wall to turn it off! Use an ordinary wall switch you get at Home Depot for <$1. You might even get extravagant and install seperate switches for the fan versus everything else, so you can leave the fan running for a while after you turn of the projector.
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