Hey, so here's the deal...

I just bought a HPS lighting system which wasn't assembled when it came and had no instructions on how to put it together. I think i've managed to figure out how to set up most of it but there's one particular part I'm confused about. There is a lose wire that connects the reflector to the ballast (presumably) and on one end the live and earth wires are exposed, allowing me to connect it to the reflector, but on the other end the live and earth wires aren't exposed atall, so basically the wire is cut. I can't understand the logic behind this as I need to connect that end to the ballast but I can't because the live and earth wires aren't exposed! So I'm wondering if I should just strip the insulator around the earth and live wires to allow me to connect them to the ballast? This seems like my only option but I'm really weary of doing this incase it's wrong and i've just ruined a piece of really expensive lighting! Also, I don't understand why the guys who sold it to me didn't strip the insulator off that side of it because they stripped the other side... so I'm wondering if they just forgot to strip that side of it maybe?

Any input would be really helpful, I dunno what to do!

Thanks, Eimear
eimsy Reviewed by eimsy on . Need help with connecting the ballast to the reflector/light! Hey, so here's the deal... I just bought a HPS lighting system which wasn't assembled when it came and had no instructions on how to put it together. I think i've managed to figure out how to set up most of it but there's one particular part I'm confused about. There is a lose wire that connects the reflector to the ballast (presumably) and on one end the live and earth wires are exposed, allowing me to connect it to the reflector, but on the other end the live and earth wires aren't exposed Rating: 5