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fatcat666
is there some sort of book out there that lays out all the basics of wiring and such? am using an electrician but i'd like to know some basics myself.
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can anyone reccomend me a good resource to learn about electricity
Being in the same boat you're in, I don't know my opinion really counts but, here's what I got. An excellent primer in print since 1932. There have been at least 40 revisions. Mine's © 2002 and based of the National Electric Code of the same year. Sounds pretty current to me (pardon the pun)
$10.95 @ Home Depot. I consider it one of my wiser purchases.
$10.95 @ Home Depot. I consider it one of my wiser purchases.
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fatcat666
cool ill pick it up
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purpledomgoddes
Being in the same boat you're in, I don't know my opinion really counts but, here's what I got. An excellent primer in print since 1932. There have been at least 40 revisions. Mine's © 2002 and based of the National Electric Code of the same year. Sounds pretty current to me (pardon the pun)
$10.95 @ Home Depot. I consider it one of my wiser purchases.
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this thread is possibly one of the best you'll ever click on - http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=97792
and this is pretty good too - http://www.cannaworld.com/center/ogfaq/GrowFAQ Basic Topics.htm
and this is pretty good too - http://www.cannaworld.com/center/ogfaq/GrowFAQ Basic Topics.htm
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fatcat666
wow thanks! it will take me some time to get through that but im gonna read it (the parts about electrical mostly)
one final specific request: does anyone have a pdf or something that came with their ballast kit telling them how to put it together? Preferrably one describing a multitap ballast. all my ballasts are already wired up but id like to double check the connections before i start
Not a direct link, look halfway down the page. They're HUGE so be patient.
HPSinstructions
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SevenSeeds
``I Dunno if my opinion counts`` haha...for sure man FreezerBoy you always got something good to add....about the book Yamaha told me he got some book from Homedepot I wonder if its this same one, does it go into deteail
It's coverage of what electricity is: volts, amps, watts etc is only a few paragraphs. It's not a book for fixing radios or VCRs. Imagine you were building your own house and wanted to wire it yourself from scratch. It's how to bring electricity to your home or farm, plan and build a service entrance, run wire inside or out, that sort of thing.
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fatcat666
sounds exactly like what i need. ill give it a read and gauge from there for what i need the electrician for. maybe some of it maybe all of it but id feel better knowing what im paying the guy for.
ill ask here instead of opening a new thread- anyone know if its safe to have your 240v system wired up with a 120v receptacle (*that still supplies 240v power) and then plugging your 240v ballast with a 120v style power cord in? my multitap ballasts all came setup for 240v but they all use 120v style power cords so im assuming its alright but im wanting to make sure.
Yes you can do that but ya got to make sure you wire it up right. Black to Gold screw----Red to Silver Screw------ground (bare or green wire) to green screw.
Philosophelon
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When I taught myself to do electrical work, I just went to the Library and got like 10 books, and 3 or 4 were pretty helpful, and 2 were excellent. That's what I would do if I were you. Unless you don't have access to a library, in which case this is probably a singularly unhelpful post. 
