Warning Halo can lights

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DIRT27

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We just installed some 277 halo can lights on the job I was on.

When we heated them up a couple flickered and the rest just didn't light. We killed the power and after some quick trouble shooting we found the problem very simple, but not an easy fix. All the lights came factory wired from halo, they crimped the wires to the fixed and there was a blue and a white stripped inside the j-box. All the guys just tied on to the blue and white wires but they were wired wrong from the factory.

They tied the line side of the ballast to fixture and left the load stripped for make up. I am pretty sure it burned up all the ballast and lamps.

Guess I learned a lesson today. Check the fixtures to make sure they were wired right before giving them to the guys to install.

Hopefully this can save a guy or two the time of changing all the ballast and lamps if it is caught before they are heated up.
 
buddy that wasn't your fault. the manufactuer should've been responsible for repairing those lights and costs of replacing them. The company I used to work for did a job replacing all the lighting in a sausage plant. They ordered 277v fixtures, which came in a box labeled 277v, but all the ballasts were 120v. the fixture manufactuer had to replace all the lights and pay all the labor to change them out. hope this doesnt' happen to you again, but if it does, make those respobsible for the mistake pay for it.
 
I am sure my boss will be going after reimbursement. The supply house came out and took pictures.

I don't think it was my fault, but mabey something to look at real quick before installing. I just thought I would give everyone a heads up because we got 10 lights all wired the same and I am sure they are not the only ones.
 
I ran across some 277V EM 2x4 troffers a month ago that were severely miswired from the factory. I don't remember the brand now, but that was a treat. Those have plenty of wires in them, and the mode of operation isn't obvious with them.

Every last one was wrong, total of five or so, IIRC. Of course, you don't know until you turn it on and the test button doesn't work... :mad:
 
I've had a large shipment of lights sent to a job that were ordered as 277 v but what showed up was 120 volt ones. My purchase order was foolproof. The wholesaler outside rep's po was for the 120 volts. He brought cases of ballasts out to my shop and him and one of their warehousemen swaped em all out. Bottom line here is have everything in writing everytime.
 
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