But they do know what a repair is.
I can understand that, but anything can fail, and I dont see a contactor as any more of a weak link than a ballast or switch or any other electrical device.
The differences in opinions on this subject probably comes from what electrical background you come from, never really thought of it that way. There are many different backgrounds on this forum, I can see all sides. I come from an industrial background and have dealt with a lot of control wiring. I guess that's where I get hung up on the circuit numbers being like the print show, at least the power wiring will be correct,the control part of it is just second nature to me.
None of the suggestion are wrong , just different ways of doing things. Some would change the lighting to 120 and go on, I myself would leave the power wiring per the print and change the control.
Thanks,
JAP>