home made sun pulse splitter

I see these splitters on ebay for around $65. They are supposed to be able to run two 600w hps bulbs off of one 1000w magnetic ballast. Does anyone know how these things are wired? it seems i could make my own, but i dont know if i should hook them in parallel or series.

Apparently i need to make some time and do some experiments. I 'll let y'all F' ah-qers know how it goes. i do believe I know how to do this.

moonunit said:

I see these splitters on ebay for around $65. They are supposed to be able to run two 600w hps bulbs off of one 1000w magnetic ballast. Does anyone know how these things are wired? it seems i could make my own, but i dont know if i should hook them in parallel or series.

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FYI: This splitter divides the 1000W into (2) 500W to be able to power (2) 600w but its NOT at full power

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Okay, Here's my take on it.

Buy 2 "Female" mogul connectors and get a "Male" mogul connector with desired length cord.
Buy a 2" x 2" Enclosure and Drill 2 holes on one sides and 1 on the opposite side.

Now you will put the male connector into the side that has 1 hole and the female connectors into the 2 hole side.
It should resemble the picture. inside the enclosure you are going to connect all Identical wires together.
Now I would use a 2 Position High Temp Terminal Block to do the connection in a neat and secure way.
You would need 3 of these terminal blocks (1 for each color).
Now run the 2 wires coming from the female connector into the same side of the terminal blocks.


Example:
Note: Wire must be same color per terminal block

Female Side into the side of the terminal block
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o <-------- Female Connector Wire
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o <-------- Female Connector Wire
_


Male Side into the top of the terminal block
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o <---l---- Male Connector Wire
_ l
o <---l Jumper Wire
_

Ground = Green goes with Green
Hot = Black goes with Black
Neutral = White goes with White

2- Female Mogul Connector PN#: BAREF from Hydrofarm.com $5.00
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1- Male Mogul Connector w/ 25' Cord PN#: CS53508 from Hydrofarm.com $34.95
or
1- Male Mogul Connector w/ 15' Cord PN#: CS53506 from Hydrofarm.com $16.95
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1- 3" x 2" x 1" Enclosure PN#: 270-1801 from RadioShack.com $3.49
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3- 2 Position High Temp Terminal Block PN#: 274-656 from RadioShack.com $2.49
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Now After all 3 colors are connected to its corresponding terminal block, you are can place the lid on the enclosure.

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