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WesleyCrusher
Disclaimer: The most advanced electrical work I've ever done was to modify a 12V adapter to work as a power supply for a 120mm computer fan! In other words, I'm not an electrician, and I apologize if the following questions are inappropriately stupid...
With that out of the way, I recently purchased a digital ballast for use with a 600W HPS light bulb. I was under the impression when buying it that it would be a remote ballast, ie. that there would be a cable extended between the ballast and the socket. Turns out that wasn't the case, so I've been thinking of rewiring the ballast myself to make it a remote ballast instead of going through the hassle of returning it, provided that it's a) relatively easy to perform the rewiring, and b) doesn't carry with it increased risk of fire/malfunctioning etc.
I took a couple of pics to show how the socket is connected to the ballast:
Different angle:
Intuitively it looks like all I need to do is to get some wire and a couple of those white connector thingies to extend the cabling, but...
1) Are the "white connector thingies" (sorry for lack of correct terminology lol) as simple to figure out as it looks? When connecting cables with them, do I need to strip the wires before inserting them or something? I figure they're not listed as "white connector thingies" in online shops, so if any of you guys know exactly what they're called that'd be very helpful!
2) Seems like the wires going from the connectors to the socket have extra protection. I assume they're protected for a reason, so I'm guessing I should get a similar type of wire for extending. Do you know what type of wire I should order to get the same as in the pictures?
3) Earlier, digital ballasts used to have a pretty big problem in that they emitted a lot of RF interference. This ballast should be RF shielded, but I'm not sure exactly how that works. By modifying the ballast by rewiring, would that potentially damage the RF shielding?
Again, sorry for stupid questions, and thanks in advance for any and all help!
With that out of the way, I recently purchased a digital ballast for use with a 600W HPS light bulb. I was under the impression when buying it that it would be a remote ballast, ie. that there would be a cable extended between the ballast and the socket. Turns out that wasn't the case, so I've been thinking of rewiring the ballast myself to make it a remote ballast instead of going through the hassle of returning it, provided that it's a) relatively easy to perform the rewiring, and b) doesn't carry with it increased risk of fire/malfunctioning etc.
I took a couple of pics to show how the socket is connected to the ballast:
Different angle:
Intuitively it looks like all I need to do is to get some wire and a couple of those white connector thingies to extend the cabling, but...
1) Are the "white connector thingies" (sorry for lack of correct terminology lol) as simple to figure out as it looks? When connecting cables with them, do I need to strip the wires before inserting them or something? I figure they're not listed as "white connector thingies" in online shops, so if any of you guys know exactly what they're called that'd be very helpful!
2) Seems like the wires going from the connectors to the socket have extra protection. I assume they're protected for a reason, so I'm guessing I should get a similar type of wire for extending. Do you know what type of wire I should order to get the same as in the pictures?
3) Earlier, digital ballasts used to have a pretty big problem in that they emitted a lot of RF interference. This ballast should be RF shielded, but I'm not sure exactly how that works. By modifying the ballast by rewiring, would that potentially damage the RF shielding?
Again, sorry for stupid questions, and thanks in advance for any and all help!
