My HPS has the ballast in the hood, which I want to seperate for cool tube purposes.

Theres a blue and a white cord running from the bulb socket to the ballast.
The white one is thicker, or more insulated.

Can I just lengthen those two cords with just ordinary cords or are they both different?

Will I kill myself? I know very little about electricity...

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If you're up and running, don't mess with the electrical. If you don't know what you're doing with the wires, you should change your plans about the hood.

Try to find a wiring diagram for your product online. :stoned:
Maybe the blue and white wires are because of component connections in a system? Cause if you only have two wires going to your wall plug, you're not grounded. Keep water away. To extend them, use the same size wire on each of them and screw them together with wire nuts inside a junction box. Don't use any tape. If you have to, cut a little piece of wire from each to match the size at the hardware store.