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| If I started collecting street lights, how would I connect the fixture to a power source? If I wanted it to plug in to a normal outlet, how could I wire a plug to it? I don’t want to build a pole or anything, just connect a light to power indoors.
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I’ve always been interested in all kinds of lighting, mainly incandescent and HID, and especially all kinds of sodium lamps (HPS/LPS). I’ll tolerate LED but I’m not a fan of it.
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All we've done is to wire a lead with a plug to the terminal block inside the lantern. No different to wiring it up in any other location. If I started collecting street lights, how would I connect the fixture to a power source? If I wanted it to plug in to a normal outlet, how could I wire a plug to it? I don’t want to build a pole or anything, just connect a light to power indoors.
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| Thanks! I hope LEDISEASE doesn’t spread to my area, but if it does, I wanted to know how to reuse some HPS that I plan to save!
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Thanks! I hope LEDISEASE doesn’t spread to my area, but if it does, I wanted to know how to reuse some HPS that I plan to save!
The dreaded disease is everywhere here, but unfortunately they seem to wait until we're out of the way before they change them, I've never seen any crews doing it when I've been out  |
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| Maybe they know that the people won’t be happy with the cheap Leotek fixtures... I might have to wait a while though, because all the HPS in my area is still maintained and no LEDs have been put up yet.
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| If it's a metal fixture, you definitely want to earth/ground it. Rule of thumb is that if there's a terminal in the fitting for an earth wire, connect it..!
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| Most of the cobraheads here with their factory gear should have a terminal block fitted for you to wire a cord to. Just make sure that the ballast is wired for 120v if you're wiring up a multi-tap cobrahead. Most newer cobraheads
I find most newer cobraheads do have a dedicated ground/earth lug on a the housing to connect the ground to. If it dosen't you could crimp a ring terminal to the ground wire and screw it to a screw on the chassis. I've don't think any of my cobraheads had the ground connected to the main terminal block for some reason though.
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| Thanks for the detailed instructions everyone! I’m hoping to start a street light collection soon and wanted to know how to connect them to power.
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| Where can you buy a grounded extension cord that would work for this? Also, how do you tell the difference between neutral and ground wires?
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