New to retrofit t5s... Some dumb questions

[Dez]

To answer some of your questions, it really depends how you want it to look. I leave my wires zip tied together and put the ballast underneath the stand out of the way of any water or possible drip locations. Some people would heat shrink the wires together for a cleaner look. I simply used meretts to connect the wires (or the quick push in connects on the T5 end caps, depending where and what you are connecting). You can also get those plastic tube things from Office Depot or Staples meant to organize your wires in a home office. Like I said, it all depends how ghetto or not you want it to look inside your hood or canopy.

Grounding I believe can go right onto the reflector and then into the ground of your wall outlet.

Bulb distance depends on you. Usually the reflectors are spaced out for maximum reflectivity. I like jamming lots of light bulbs in when I retrofit.

Hope this helps.