grounding a coil and core ballast

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  1. vdhillon2

    vdhillon2 Astrea Snail

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    Hi,
    i'm not exactly an electrician, but i've got the basics. I'm retrofitting my canopy with 2 175W halides which i have powered by two coil and core ballasts from Magnatek. I've read the wiring directions and i pretty much get how to wire everything, but there is no ground wire for the ballasts. I know i have to ground everything i do, but i can't find a wire to connect it to. Do i just put a screw into the ballast itself and ground it from there? thanks for any help...
    vinnie
     
    vdhillon2, Sep 13, 2005
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  2. fletch

    fletch Kole Tang

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    Yup just run the ground wire from the power cord to the mounting screw for the ballast, That should be fine. JMO as I am not a electrician my self

    If any one has another suggestion feel free. John
     
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  3. Coastie

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    That will work fine, or if the cord is too shor and the fixture is metal, then you could just ground the fixture and when you screw the ballast to the fixture it will be grounded. Inspect the ballast to make sure that the feet are not coated with the dip material they use to make it, That stuff is an insulator.Have fun!@
     
    Coastie, Sep 24, 2005
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