LIghts wont work :( help

I got my 400W HPS bulbs cable relfector ect, and the ballast has a thing that you connect to it and then connect the wires to that, but i cant seem to make the wires stay in the attachment to the ballast.

theres nothing on youtube i can find or google, any one please?!

thanks

how are you trying to "make" them stay

Im basicly pushing them in, theres a little plastic clip type thing which i lift up and push the wire in, then clip it back down but it does nothing...

You can make sure you have a good contact, and then use some glue, RTV, etc. and that should hold it in place.

You might have also gotten faulty equipment. Where did you purchase this light?

sounds like a wago connector

terminal looks something like this, right?

the ones on your ballast maybe styled differently, but the bar drops to lock the wire into place, if i am not mistaken.

1. is your wire stripped sufficiently to go into the wago connector? the length of the exposed conductor should be aprox 3/8" of an inch
2. is the wire on your cord too big to fit into the connector? see how on the image the connected wire is shoved all the way into the back of the connector... you have to push it in hard.
3. kinda obvious, but the bar must me unlocked (up) before you try and put the wire in there
4. is your wire too small for the bar to lock down on?
5. and if your wire is striiped, is the end of it frayed? if so you have to retwist the strands together to make them tight again,. even one loose strand is enough to keep the wire from seating in the connector properly.....

just a few pointers..