How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « on: January 04, 2020, 12:11:22 PM » Author: HPS_250
If I started collecting street lights, how would I connect the fixture to a power source? If I wanted it to plug in to a normal outlet, how could I wire a plug to it? I don’t want to build a pole or anything, just connect a light to power indoors.
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #1 on: January 04, 2020, 12:21:17 PM » Author: Rommie
All we've done is to wire a lead with a plug to the terminal block inside the lantern. No different to wiring it up in any other location. Quote from: HPS_250 on January 04, 2020, 12:11:22 PM If I started collecting street lights, how would I connect the fixture to a power source? If I wanted it to plug in to a normal outlet, how could I wire a plug to it? I don’t want to build a pole or anything, just connect a light to power indoors.
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #2 on: January 04, 2020, 12:30:59 PM » Author: HPS_250
Thanks! I hope LEDISEASE doesn’t spread to my area, but if it does, I wanted to know how to reuse some HPS that I plan to save!
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #3 on: January 04, 2020, 12:34:30 PM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: HPS_250 on January 04, 2020, 12:30:59 PM Thanks! I hope LEDISEASE doesn’t spread to my area, but if it does, I wanted to know how to reuse some HPS that I plan to save! The dreaded disease is everywhere here, but unfortunately they seem to wait until we're out of the way before they change them, I've never seen any crews doing it when I've been out
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #4 on: January 04, 2020, 12:35:59 PM » Author: HPS_250
Maybe they know that the people won’t be happy with the cheap Leotek fixtures... I might have to wait a while though, because all the HPS in my area is still maintained and no LEDs have been put up yet.
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I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #5 on: January 05, 2020, 02:29:56 PM » Author: Rommie
If it's a metal fixture, you definitely want to earth/ground it. Rule of thumb is that if there's a terminal in the fitting for an earth wire, connect it..!
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #7 on: January 07, 2020, 08:16:26 PM » Author: HPS_250
Thanks for the detailed instructions everyone! I’m hoping to start a street light collection soon and wanted to know how to connect them to power.
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	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #8 on: January 07, 2020, 09:02:24 PM » Author: HPS_250
Where can you buy a grounded extension cord that would work for this? Also, how do you tell the difference between neutral and ground wires?
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I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: How to wire a street light fixture to an extension cord? « Reply #9 on: January 07, 2020, 09:07:05 PM » Author: HPS_250
Thanks!
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