Lumatek dimmable ballast help

Jkraft136 · 03/05/2010, 08:29 PM

Do the new lumatek dimmable ballasts plug and play with lumen bright minis or is there rewiring needed?

nikon187 · 03/05/2010, 08:36 PM

Does your lumenbrite pendand already have a cord wired to it? If not then you will have to connect it up anyways. The ballast comes with the cord to wire it to the reflector.

Reefobsession · 03/05/2010, 08:51 PM

I just cut the female connector off the ballast, spliced the wires, connected color to color. Took a wiring nut for the red and black wires, then I used a ring terminal for the ground green wire. I was kind of worried at first, but it was really easy.

ganjero · 03/05/2010, 09:14 PM

You can also replace the cord on your reflectors with a cord that has the sls male connector, they are only $11 and it looks cleaner than cutting wires.

Jkraft136 · 03/05/2010, 09:20 PM

Where would i pickup a sls male connector?

agsansoo · 03/05/2010, 10:23 PM

Marine Depot carries them.

03/05/2010, 08:29 PM	#1
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03/05/2010, 08:36 PM	#2
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	Does your lumenbrite pendand already have a cord wired to it? If not then you will have to connect it up anyways. The ballast comes with the cord to wire it to the reflector. __________________ ----------------- Current Tanks: New 210 custom 84 x 24 x 24, 60g sump, SWC 250 extreme with bubble blaster 5000, 2 vortech mp40, 2 vortech mp10, 12 T5, Water blaster 5000, warner marine bio pellets, 60g clownfish cube, red carpet anemone with a 25g sump,SRO octopus 1000sss, 250w radium, lumenarc large.

03/05/2010, 09:20 PM	#5
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03/05/2010, 10:23 PM	#6
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03/05/2010, 08:51 PM	#3
Reefobsession Moved On Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: IN Posts: 1,037	I just cut the female connector off the ballast, spliced the wires, connected color to color. Took a wiring nut for the red and black wires, then I used a ring terminal for the ground green wire. I was kind of worried at first, but it was really easy.

03/05/2010, 09:14 PM	#4
ganjero saiperchémibatteilcorazon Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 4,027	You can also replace the cord on your reflectors with a cord that has the sls male connector, they are only $11 and it looks cleaner than cutting wires.