Wiring 6 CFL's into one plug.

[Completely Stoned]

I just bought 6 light mountings and like 5 feet of black and 5 feet of white wire. I got the boards and the screws, the drill. All that good stuff. HOW DO I WIRE THEM TOGETHER? I need them all to be able to plug into ONE wall outlet and have them ALL turn on. I have the Cord that plugs into the wall as well that i can connect the wires too. Can ANYONE teach me how to do this?

Thank You Much - C.S.

[c of green]

it is quite easy.....now lets see if i can explain it easy enough.

pretty much all you do is connect all the "black" wires together
then connect all the white ones together.
so use the wire you bought,cut it into pieces that will connect the wires from one socket to the next socket to the next and so on,and tape them up or use wire nuts..whichever.understand?if not say so and i will try to do better.maybe take some pics of my 4 sockets to help you out.

you may want to do 2 sets of 3 lights though because you don't want to pull exessive electricity through the cord

[PoolShark1321]

i just did the exact thing i wired 6 23w 6500k cfls that all go through one extension cord. Im not shure if this is safe anyone know if it matters?

[Completely Stoned]

I figured it out already and they've been on for 3 days. BUT one of the light fixtures wont work anymore. Did it surge or something? I have 6 of them wired to one 2 Prong plug.

[dusto2k3]

http://www.hydroponics.net/learn/grow-light-controller.asp

try that. Maybe its what your looking for

[bejay]

would check your wiring connections, sockets and bulb, to see why the one quite working. not sure what wattage your bulbs are but you shouldnt have any problem running 6cfl hooked to one cord as they do not consume much power.
if you was using hids you would easily run into a problem as they do consume alot of power and can overload the house circuit and the cord.

[PoolShark1321]

ok after wiring my 6 cfls on one extension cord i left it on all night.. the cord wasnt hot everything was fine except the box im growing in got very very hot without ventilation. So i think its ok snice mine are only 23w CFLS

[Bodom Children Of]

ok after wiring my 6 cfls on one extension cord i left it on all night.. the cord wasnt hot everything was fine except the box im growing in got very very hot without ventilation. So i think its ok snice mine are only 23w CFLS

Get ventilation or you could risk starting a fire. :thumbsup: :smokin:

[PoolShark1321]

yeah i have two computer plans i plan on putting in my grow box i only left the lights on for the night to test them... Should i put 2 fans blowing out of the box and just 2 open holes or 1 fan blowing out and one fan blowing in?

[Bodom Children Of]

yeah i have two computer plans i plan on putting in my grow box i only left the lights on for the night to test them... Should i put 2 fans blowing out of the box and just 2 open holes or 1 fan blowing out and one fan blowing in?

Yes put the two fans blowing out (active outtake) of the box at the top of the box. Leave some holes (passive intake) that are about 1/2 to 1/3 the total size of the fans. This is how I do it anyway. It creates a negative pressure that exchanges the air verywell, expelling the hot air from the top (hot air rises), and drawing in fresh cool air from the bottom. I also keep a fan on the inside for circulation.
good luck:thumbsup:

[PoolShark1321]

Thanks Bodom

[PoolShark1321]

I blew up one comp fan when i wired it wrong the other day. Is it ok to wire two 12v 0.16amp computer fans to one extension cord? The reason i blew up the last one is because i didnt know what wire was + and what wire was - on the extension cord...

[CaliJay]

Just curious...Why not use a 6 plug surge protector?

[Bodom Children Of]

I blew up one comp fan when i wired it wrong the other day. Is it ok to wire two 12v 0.16amp computer fans to one extension cord? The reason i blew up the last one is because i didnt know what wire was + and what wire was - on the extension cord...

you don't use extension cords to wire to a comp fan. You use a 12v adapter like a cellphone,cd,etc charger.

http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/1506.htm :thumbsup:

[PoolShark1321]

Thanks Bodom