Wiring ballast to socket directly.

[ElDust]

I recently got my new reflector but it didn't come with a cord to wire the socket to. I have my 250w ballast from HID Hut, for those that don't know, it has 2 cords, one for the outlet and one for the socket. I was wondering if it was safe to cut the end of my female cord then just wire that to the socket, or should I just buy one of these instead:
http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/wire-this-plug-reflector-ballasts-p-93.html

 

[MTF-Sandman]

Yeah, that's fine to wire it directly...just make sure the cord you use is capable of handling the power that your ballast puts out.

 

[ElDust]

I was just about to cut off the female side of an extension cord when I realized the male side won't fit into the ballast's female cord. The cord on the ballast says its a 10a 125v~, and the extension cord is just a regular house socket, how can I get this to work?

Edit:
Is there some sort of converter that will convert the 10A 125V~ to one that would fit the extension cord?

 

[ElDust]

Alright so I just cut my ballasts cord, now there are 3 cords, black, white, and teal, on my socket there are just 2 screws when I assume u screw the wires in, what ones go where?

 

[clowntown]

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=45042
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=49818

Black wire to bronze, white wire to silver, teal / green to ground (typically your reflector).

 

[ElDust]

So, there are 2 places to put the wires, I put the black/white where you said, but there is no place to put the ground wire. I don't understand what you mean by typically your reflector, this is directly to the socket.

 

[ElDust]

I think I got it, hopefully I won't die when I test it.

 

[clowntown]

Most reflectors have a place for the ground (green) to go to, including the CoolTube. There should be a third hole on the bottom of the socket mount bracket, if you got the same model as I did.