yeah, i just got my bulb and ballast too!!
E39 bulbs will fit in a standard E40 Mogul socket.
(no one in town had a E39)
and boxes don't say E40 on them.
i will post my results soon.
E39 bulbs will fit in a standard E40 Mogul socket.
(no one in town had a E39)
and boxes don't say E40 on them.
i will post my results soon.
got my ballest today. ready to hook it up does anyone have pics of how you hooked yours up? would like to look befor i jump into it sence im no pro and never wired one befor.
i dont have a socket yet eather. checking around town for one if i cant find one im going to buy it from lumenlabs.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7714433980&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
iv been puting off ordering that ... i dunno if thats cheap or not... but i could use the feedback on ebay .. since i have very little and i cant find the socket anywhere locally ...
iv been puting off ordering that ... i dunno if thats cheap or not... but i could use the feedback on ebay .. since i have very little and i cant find the socket anywhere locally ...
well thank you for posting that im going to buy one off there iv been searching ebay for e39's but never found one.
guys, i wired up my ballast and ushio with the E40 standard mogul socket and it works fine.
you don't need an E39 socket, an E39 bulb will fit an E40 (standard screw mogul socket) that you should be able to find at your local electrical contractor supply.
as for how to wire it,
this is what Gytum wrote on this thread earlier, and i did this exactly and it lit up fine.
NOTE>>>>>> metal halide bulbs have to warm up, so when the bulb first lights up it won't be bright until about a minute or so....
this is what gytum wrote and it makes more sense to me than looking at the diagram that came with the ballast.
Could anyone post a pic of how you wired this ballast............
This is what I have so far:
1. I have my 120v wire connected to black in the outlet, and the one common to the white. There was an extra common but i just placed a wire nut on it. I also put nuts on all the extra volt wires (seperate).
2. The capacitor: I connect one cap wire from the ballast to one side the of capacitor. The other cap wire I connect to the other side of the capacitor. Thats it.
3. Ignitor?? (CD14): The red wire coming from the ignitor is plugged into the the red of the ballast. The blue is connected to the blue of the ballast. The white is connected to the Common wire of the outlet along with the ballast common.
4. Mogul Socket: The hot is connected to the red ballast and red ignitor. The common is connected to the same ballast and ignitor common.
Is this all right? Just looking for some confirmation before I plug this thing in.
I did this and it lit up the first time.... !!!
ps. don't lay the lamp right on MDF, it starts to cook in less than 30 seconds... LOOL
you don't need an E39 socket, an E39 bulb will fit an E40 (standard screw mogul socket) that you should be able to find at your local electrical contractor supply.
as for how to wire it,
this is what Gytum wrote on this thread earlier, and i did this exactly and it lit up fine.
NOTE>>>>>> metal halide bulbs have to warm up, so when the bulb first lights up it won't be bright until about a minute or so....
this is what gytum wrote and it makes more sense to me than looking at the diagram that came with the ballast.
Could anyone post a pic of how you wired this ballast............
This is what I have so far:
1. I have my 120v wire connected to black in the outlet, and the one common to the white. There was an extra common but i just placed a wire nut on it. I also put nuts on all the extra volt wires (seperate).
2. The capacitor: I connect one cap wire from the ballast to one side the of capacitor. The other cap wire I connect to the other side of the capacitor. Thats it.
3. Ignitor?? (CD14): The red wire coming from the ignitor is plugged into the the red of the ballast. The blue is connected to the blue of the ballast. The white is connected to the Common wire of the outlet along with the ballast common.
4. Mogul Socket: The hot is connected to the red ballast and red ignitor. The common is connected to the same ballast and ignitor common.
Is this all right? Just looking for some confirmation before I plug this thing in.
I did this and it lit up the first time.... !!!
ps. don't lay the lamp right on MDF, it starts to cook in less than 30 seconds... LOOL
Leviton makes a standard mogul socket, all three suppliers i went to in town had the same thing.
it was about 8 dollars.
do you live in a small town?
just tell them you need a standard mogul socket.
it was about 8 dollars.
do you live in a small town?
just tell them you need a standard mogul socket.
i went to a normal homedepot and a home depot supply store ... and niether had it ... i dunno y they should carry it i gatta find a lows and check there ... small city i live in phoenix/scottsdale az
so i dunno there is one more place i may check
so i dunno there is one more place i may check
hey v1 i live in tucson. i just bot a socket from that ebay link saves me time looking around i just want it here asap lol
ya by the time i drive all over hell trying to find it ... il waste more than what it costs in gas
iv been puting it all off cuz ima move a lil farther south than i am now ... and i dont wanna be in the middle of building when i have to move ... that and i realy dont have a way to cut the wood yet .. granted i could just buy a jigsaw witch i prolly will ... but im still looking into alternatives to wood or atleast not all wood
oh ok. yea i till need the wood had to get the liht and ballest in befor i got wood to see how much more i needed sence i didnt know the size of it all. where you moving to? glindell?
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