277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
(OP)
I have 2 175w Metal Halide Security lights (277V).
I was wondering if there is a way to get them to run on a standard 110V current.
I can get 2 breaker switches and run 8 gauge wiring out, but I need to know if they would run on the 220V that it would give them. Would these 2 run on 220V?
I was wondering if there is a way to get them to run on a standard 110V current.
I can get 2 breaker switches and run 8 gauge wiring out, but I need to know if they would run on the 220V that it would give them. Would these 2 run on 220V?






RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
I suggest that you look for a suitable transformer.
yours
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
We have always taken your handle at face value, but you have inadvertently started some different thought trains.
No, on second thought, anyone who gets "high" by driving on railway trestles doesn't need pot.
LOL
Bill
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
Sold/Hevi Duty buck-boost transformer link
Hmmm..
Lives in Santa Cruz CA, the Pot capitol of the Central Coast.
Riiiight....
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
Hey HEY! If I'd been growing pot I'd have still been able to afford running them the 18 hours a day I'd been using them.. But the fish couldn't muster the big bucks after the PG&E fiasco. (sniff sigh).
Waross... Who said I drove my 56 Chevy pickup over the Capitola train trestle? (oh and the San Lorenzo River one too.)I'm starting to wonder if you lived here..
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
Also, a standard single phase transformer is 277 volts primary 120/240 volts secondary. The secondary is 4 wire and can be wired as a 120 volt 2 wire winding. You could use this in reverse to step up from 240 volts to 277 volts. Actually, if you need to test a bunch of 277 volt ballasts such as fluorescent ballasts, this would not be a bad item to have in a testing kit.
Mike Cole
RE: 277V Lights on 110V Standard House Current
respectfully