Grounding Tek retrofit into wooden canopy? NEW troubles...

[Myka]

Originally Posted by KrazyKuch

IMyka just make sure that you take the ground wire from your power cord and attach it to your ballast with the same screw you use to hold it in the canopy!

I thought I would just hard wire the power cord right to the ballast, no screw needed?

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by Myka

I thought I would just hard wire the power cord right to the ballast, no screw needed?

As long as you attach the ground to the surrounding metal of the ballast
(metal surround?) the usual bare or green wire.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by hillegom

As long as you attach the ground to the surrounding metal of the ballast
(metal surround?) the usual bare or green wire.

The green wire comes out of the ballast. Does that count?

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by Myka

The green wire comes out of the ballast. Does that count?

Yes, attach the gr from ballast to green from power cord.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by hillegom

Yes, attach the gr from ballast to green from power cord.

Ok, that was my plan. Thanks!

I should have wired it up today, but I got distracted sledding!

[hillegom]

sledding!

Nice

[Myka]

Omg...I have it all wired up now, checked the diagram like 10 times, but I am getting no light up. Wtf? Maybe after all this time I have a pooched ballast! Oooo, that would be fun! This isn't the first time I have wired a Tek up, so I should know what I'm doing!