277 Metal Halide light to work indoors - Electrician Talk - Professional Electrical Contractors Forum

mpdegn · 02-13-2009, 02:58 PM

Hello,
I recently found this metal halide light on craigslist:

http://columbia.craigslist.org/bfs/1029674137.html

I would like to install it in my garage and just plug it into the wall socket. I'm pretty sure that we're not wired for 277V so I would have to rewire it. I'd have to open up the ballast and do it myself, however, I'm not too sure how to do that. Plus, I don't even know if it is designated 277V.

Could anyone help me? Are there maybe easier/other ways of doing this?

I can post some close up pics of the lamp tonight, once I get home.

Thanks in advance.

BryanMD · 02-13-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mpdegn

Hello
Could anyone help me? Are there maybe easier/other ways of doing this?
Thanks in advance.

Sure. Hire an actual electrician.

480sparky · 02-13-2009, 03:18 PM

It's easy to do. Call an electrician. He'll know what to do.

mpdegn · 02-13-2009, 03:18 PM

If that was the answer to every topic posted, this forum would be obsolete, wouldn't it?

Peter D · 02-13-2009, 03:20 PM

Follow the diagram on the ballast to rewire it for 120 volts. If you can't do that, then I strongly suggest you call an electrician.

mpdegn · 02-13-2009, 03:22 PM

I've done stuff like that before, just not with a MH light ballast.

Is there maybe an online tutorial somewhere?