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I think i'll stick to my Sentinel HPH-8's with timers...
No idea how someone can miswire hot and ground from the factory.
No idea how someone can miswire hot and ground from the factory.
little update on the powerbox.. yesterday i saw that the 30 amp female plug that the powerbox male end was plugged into was melting. i went to home depot and tried to find another female end that was rated at 40 amps but there were none.
i'm going to do some web browsing and see if i can find a 40 amp plug that matches up with the male end of the powerbox, but i have a feeling i'm not going to find one.... if that is the case then shame on powerbox for wiring there 40 amp unit to a male end plug that can only be plugged into a socket rated at 30 amps.... at least the powerbox cord is 8 amp.
i replaced the 30 amp male end with a 40/50 amp male end so i could plug it into the new 40/50 amp female plug i bought.
the 40/50 amp female plug i bought looks exactly like the 30 amp female plug except the it has 3 straight metal pieces and one U shaped piece.. the 30 amp had 2 straight metal pieces a u shaped and a L shaped.
anyone know what makes a plug 30 or 50 amps??? it's not like there's any wire.. just metal that allows electricity to transfer from one wire to another. maybe the 50 amp peaces of the plug are slightly larger then the 30 amp, but if they were i couldn't tell.
hehehhe..hahahahh..
heheheheh... still laughing.. heheheh
0vti'm now under the impression that the powerbox itself doesn't have a breaker like some other timers, which is why they want it setup to a 40 amp breaker.
schultz i think you were assuming that i had been running the powerbox with all six ballasts running continuously for the past 6 months. the powerbox isn't installed, and i'm currently only running three ballasts 24/7.... it's ok.. i forgive you. :) no need for you to respond.
anyone out there run one of these?