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

[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!

[Myka]

Sunlight Supply you guys are a bunch of weiners!!! They packed the wrong diagram. I went on the Philips website, and following their diagram instead and VOILA! We have light! Now, where's the volt meter to check for zappage?

[mike31154]

EDIT: OK, I posted this pretty much at the same time you found your solution. Good news & ignore info below... what kind of zappage are you intending to check with the voltmeter?

What brand of ballast is it? Model #, size of T5HOs & how many? I assume two lamps per ballast? Try other lamps if you have spares kicking around. Could be just a lamp. And if the ballasts have EOL (end of life) technology, when one lamp weakens, the ballast will generally shut both of them down.

I finally looked up Tek retrofit and the kits I found show them using Universal AccuStart electronic ballasts. If so, the wiring diagram looks fairly straightforward. My retrofit with Workhorse ballast requires jumper wires at the endcaps, but the diagram I found for the Universal ballast does not, much simpler actually.