I bought these 3 things on Amazon:
• Leviton 8806 Bayonet Base, Keyless, HID, Glazed Porcelain Lampholder
• Fulham WH2-120-C Workhorse Adaptable Ballast
• Philips 327817 35-watt T15 SOX35 Low Pressure Sodium HID Light Bulb
I don’t know a ton about electricity or LPS bulbs but I need to safely plug this in to a regular 110V wall outlet. I’m not sure what the job of the ballast is, but I’m guessing I have to wire it into a power cable that will then plug into the wall. Am I right?
And do the 2 white cables from the Lampholder connect to the Black & White cable on the ballast?
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!
Best Answer
This is a bunch of random junk.
Stop buying things this way. You can't just throw random electronic bits together and have them work. But don't feel bad, this happens a lot. We get a steady stream of people buying random dimmers and smart switches and wanting to configure them 3-way to control some cheap LEDs they got off the bottom shelf of Walmart, or other equally random things.
School up
You just need to get some magazines, good "how I built it" sites on the Internet, or whatever, and read up on how others are doing what you are trying to do. By the way, low pressure sodium is the best for some applications.
Buy used
From time to time, low-pressure sodium fixtures come up on the used market: Craigslist, eBay, etc. See what you can find. Good chance though if you are trying to do home herb farming, the best lamps may be in high demand, especially now that many states have made one particular herb legal.