Electrical help!!!

daz321

daz321

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i agree with muffy send it back, its a good piece of kit but not meant for the home, it can be changed to work in the home on single phase but its very complicated if you dont know what your looking at,
 
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Demacross

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You have the instructions? It says 3 pole not 3 phase, looks like a circuit for the contactor and circuits for the plug-ins, not 100% on that but does it say what wires are for what?
 
daz321

daz321

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how many lights are you planning to use? looked a little closer at the pics think this is how its gonna work, yellow/green wire = earth to all 3 sockets, blue wire = neutral to all 3 sockets, then black brown and gray will be 1 live to each socket so on a 3 phase setup each phase would power 1 socket = 3 lights, could do with a pic of the inside to be sure
 
Stiofean

Stiofean

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Here is an image so?

I cant send it back and cant afford to buy another

Im running 3 x 400w and 1 x 250w hpsDSC00379.jpg

I wired the black wire to the live connection and its clock is running now
so thats a start
 
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feedtheweed

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this runs off of 240 volts so 9x 600w = 5400 watts total. 5400/240 volt = 22.5 amps . this is the max amp draw so to find out wire size and braker size.by code it has to be at or under 80 percent of the rated line. if you choose 30 amps then 30x.8=24 amps max so 30 amps will work and is the minimum.you need a 30 amp 240 v breaker in your box it has two wire hook up. u need 10-3 wire that is rated to handle the rated amps this wire has black, red, white, and ground, red black hook up to the braker these are you hots each are 120v. 2x120 =240volts. white is neutral and bare is ground. this is what is need to run to the timer. after that i you are on your own. do you have a wiring diagram for the timer.you sure its three phase i dont think it three phase
 
Stiofean

Stiofean

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daz321 said:
how many lights are you planning to use? looked a little closer at the pics think this is how its gonna work, yellow/green wire = earth to all 3 sockets, blue wire = neutral to all 3 sockets, then black brown and gray will be 1 live to each socket so on a 3 phase setup each phase would power 1 socket = 3 lights, could do with a pic of the inside to be sure
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Ya that got it i only need one of the sockets to work at the moment Black was socket one and the timer itself,

Thanks
 
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feedtheweed

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it not 3 phase, 3 phase is for things like induction motors 3 phase is having 3 power sources with 120 degree phase from each other
 
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