Hi guys need some help not sure what the hell happened!!! I built this relay on my own, and it's worked perfect for 3 months.
I built this for 2 1000w ballasts and 4 lamps, (2 lamps in each 12/12 room)
I'm using a digital timer so the on/off time determines which lamps are on in a room
So tonight I was working in the room were the lights were on and knew that any second the timer would go off and I need the light on in that room for a few more minutes to finish planting.
When I heard the clicking of the relays which is normal for the light to go off I ran over and pushed the timer button on which cause the relay to click again like normal but at the same time I heard the click I was seeing fireworks come from the receptacle where I plug the output of my 2 1000w ballasts. I have them marked ballast Y and ballast B.
I attached photos and need help fast because I have no light in any of my room still I figure out why it did that. I was thinking of using 2 separate receptacles one for each ballast output instead of the one.
Also I found that receptacle in a box I found years and years ago. could it be bad? or cant handle the 2000w that the ballast puts out
I built this for 2 1000w ballasts and 4 lamps, (2 lamps in each 12/12 room)
I'm using a digital timer so the on/off time determines which lamps are on in a room
So tonight I was working in the room were the lights were on and knew that any second the timer would go off and I need the light on in that room for a few more minutes to finish planting.
When I heard the clicking of the relays which is normal for the light to go off I ran over and pushed the timer button on which cause the relay to click again like normal but at the same time I heard the click I was seeing fireworks come from the receptacle where I plug the output of my 2 1000w ballasts. I have them marked ballast Y and ballast B.
I attached photos and need help fast because I have no light in any of my room still I figure out why it did that. I was thinking of using 2 separate receptacles one for each ballast output instead of the one.
Also I found that receptacle in a box I found years and years ago. could it be bad? or cant handle the 2000w that the ballast puts out