Simple Wiring Help?

[Custom King]

Hello All,

I need some help from one of you electronic wizards :approve: I have a 250 watt HQI ballast that I need to connect my power cord to. The ballast has 3 wires for the power cord. The colored wires coming out of the ballast are green, blue and brown. I know that the green is the ground wire. I want to attach the blue and brown wires coming out of the ballast to my power cord which has black and white wires. Which do I attach to which :Yikes:

1. Brown to white
Blue to black

OR

2. Brown to black
Blue to white

Thanks :fish:

 

[Custom King]

Hello,

Somebody told me that it doesn't matter which goes to which both combination's will work. Is this the case? Somebody let me know?

Thanks :spin:

 

[cali_reef]

Hello,

Somebody told me that it doesn't matter which goes to which both combination's will work. Is this the case? Somebody let me know?

Thanks :spin:

Not true.. Only ground and negative poles maybe switched in most ballast as they may be connected internally. What brand ballast is this? Do you have a multi-meter? Measure the resistance between the wires, should be 0 ohm between two wires, or close to it.

 

[Reefers Paradise]

brown to black blue to white

 

[Custom King]

Thanks for the reply's guys. Anyone else care to chime in?

Thanks :spin:

 

[reefman]

option 1

 

[Custom King]

Wow,

No I'm really confused. You guys have chosen both options :Yikes:

 

[2slo4me]

i say blue to black.... black is def. the main power on the extension cord.

 

[FRY]

white goes to blue,black goes to brown
blue is neutral and brown is power

European electrical equipment, fittings and fixtures have wires coloured as follows:

Brown for Hot (also known as "Live" in Europe)
Blue for Neutral Green/Yellow stripes for Ground (also known as "Earth")