Does anyone have, or no where I can find a wiring diagram for the Hamilton dual 175 magnetic ballast?
When I originally purchased my setup (used), I had no experience with MH setups and thought that it was correctly configured b/c it fired the bulbs and everything appeared to be working correctly. The previous owner only had 1 of the 2 power cords plugged in but both bulbs fired. I assumed that it was setup and wired properly b/c it worked. When I pulled the cover off of the ballast about a yr ago to replace the wiring between the ballast and moguls, I noticed that only 1 half of the ballast appears to be connected. I, again, didn't think anything of it b/c everything appeared to be working. Last wk, I switched out bulbs, replacing the XM 10k's with Hamilton 10k's. The Hamilton's, though new, don't appear to be as bright as the XM's were and also appear to be more yellow than white (even with 220 watts of atinic supplementation). I was under the impression that the Hamilton 10k was a very bright, white bulb... whiter than the XM's. After pondering the change in appearance, I remembered the questionable wiring inside the ballast and now I'm questioning its correctness and/or safety.
Has anyone run into a situation like this before? If this is incorrect and/or unsafe, I want to resolve it ASAP. I can pull the ballast and take pics of the wiring configuration if that helps.
Thanks in advance,
Mitch