pll T5 in ireland

[irishbud]

Welcome mate!
5 euro is very good price for 55 watters. Couldn't be cheaper than that.
I would like to see how will your grow be for sure.
BTW I'll add pictures of my new setup in couple of hours to my log. Check it out.

tevfik can you help me out. im having problems wiring my lights to the ballast. i got a diagrame from the supplier but its not very clear on how to do it. can you give me any help to do this? thanks

[tevfik]

They all have different wiring. What ballast you have?

[irishbud]

They all have different wiring. What ballast you have?

thanks tevfik. the ballast info is....tridonic.atco pc 2/55 TCL PRO. each lamp holder has 4 cables i just cant figure it out. it has 6 round holes and 6 above them with 2 more at the other end which i think is were the power cable goes. im lost man

[tevfik]

Yes, two for power, six for lamps.
You can use above connections or holes. Here on the last page shows how to do.
http://www.tridonic.com/com/en/downl...W_xitec_en.pdf
But its showing for T5. For PLL there is a graphic on the ballast, I couldn't find a clear picture of it.

So, if the holders already have the cables just follow the graphic. Get two sockets together in order. So you'll have eight cables like this: llll llll
Give them number from one to eight. One bulbs right end pin and the other bulbs left end pin will be connected to each others. Like here: http://www.tridonic.com/com/en/downl..._PC_PRO_sr.pdf Not PLL but you got what I mean (Ignore the ballast connection in this page).
In the end connection must be like this:
H for holder B for ballast
H1-B1 H2-B2 H3-B3 H4-H5 H6-B4 H7-B5 H8-B6

Again, I didn't see PLL connection for the ballast so, numbers can be different.

I used above connections, my cables weren't a single thick wired. So I just push the cable with hookup (long nose pliers) and those two knife shapes in the holes cut the plastic cower of the cable and wires could connect there and stuck. If you use this make sure they fit well in there.
Better use round holes, if you don't have single wired cable clear the cable plastic like 1 cm, roll the wires and make them together as one wire and push in to hole. Pull them after that to see if they're attached there or not.

Sorry I couldn't concentrate well, if anything looks wrong in this post, ask for confirmation.

Hope these helps and finally you start growing

[irishbud]

Yes, two for power, six for lamps.
You can use above connections or holes. Here on the last page shows how to do.
http://www.tridonic.com/com/en/downl...W_xitec_en.pdf
But its showing for T5. For PLL there is a graphic on the ballast, I couldn't find a clear picture of it.

So, if the holders already have the cables just follow the graphic. Get two sockets together in order. So you'll have eight cables like this: llll llll
Give them number from one to eight. One bulbs right end pin and the other bulbs left end pin will be connected to each others. Like here: http://www.tridonic.com/com/en/downl..._PC_PRO_sr.pdf Not PLL but you got what I mean (Ignore the ballast connection in this page).
In the end connection must be like this:
H for holder B for ballast
H1-B1 H2-B2 H3-B3 H4-H5 H6-B4 H7-B5 H8-B6

Again, I didn't see PLL connection for the ballast so, numbers can be different.

I used above connections, my cables weren't a single thick wired. So I just push the cable with hookup (long nose pliers) and those two knife shapes in the holes cut the plastic cower of the cable and wires could connect there and stuck. If you use this make sure they fit well in there.
Better use round holes, if you don't have single wired cable clear the cable plastic like 1 cm, roll the wires and make them together as one wire and push in to hole. Pull them after that to see if they're attached there or not.

Sorry I couldn't concentrate well, if anything looks wrong in this post, ask for confirmation.

Hope these helps and finally you start growing

tevfik Cheers pal. i downloaded tht pdf already and just could not understand it. ill read through it again and try figure it out. thanks for all your help pal ill get it sorted and let you know how i get on cheers

[tevfik]

tevfik Cheers pal. i downloaded tht pdf already and just could not understand it. ill read through it again and try figure it out. thanks for all your help pal ill get it sorted and let you know how i get on cheers

Which part you didn't understand?

[Dexter007]

man check out uk websites,and ill get my stuff from belfast,they have there place called BIG.its a garden centre but they are selling HIM,SOD CFL and i think that LED as well.+ all the ballasts,reflectors and all what you need=) not been in the sop yet but i checked that online

[gypski]

guys can these be bought in ireland or the uk or some how adapted to run on our 220v current? id love the below setup it would be perfect for my grow tent

HTG Supply - 2 Foot 4 Lamp PL-55 Tek Lamp

cheers

Buy a power converter for US electronics. I have one some where for when I went to Europe to run my American stuff. I got my bloom bulbs from HTG. Hope you can hook up, pun intended. :thumbsup: