Electrician help needed

[Davidb6]

I remember seeing an electrician on the forum that was kind enough to offer help to use electrically challenged reefers.

Anybody know who this person is?

[Jpergamo]

i dont know who he is but im an electrician maybe i can help

[reptilemanmark]

I`m a Electrician/ I & C Tech. What did you need to know?
Mark dole100@juno.com

[skinz78]

Shoot, I am a sparky too.

[azrednex]

I R aLEkTRITIon

[reptilemanmark]

We`re waiting! Whats the question or did you just want to see if we were awake after last night?

[Jpergamo]

k thats a $100 service call in ny...white to white black to black my man all u need to kno

[skinz78]

Also everything electrical has smoke locked inside. The thing is it is very bad when you let the smoke come out.

[Icefire]

100$ service call? here it's 4 hours call @ 65$/hours

shoot

[Lunchbucket]

Wow didn't know we had that many electrictions here. I wonder what the most common profession here is?

Lunchbucket

[Justinandkrista]

Lol watchout for that skinz78 hes a.... Jp thats my journeyman. Yea when i first joined i was surprised how many sparkys are on here.

[Davidb6]

I'm not sure what will happen with so many elect in one place...here goes -

I found a MH light for sale on RC that is 230v 50/60hz.

Would you experts wire this as a 220 or convert this to a 110? I'm wondering about long term operating (elect) costs and will it have an impact on the lights performance converted to a 110?

Thanks

[Davidb6]

bump

[J-Burns]

If it has a multi tap ballist you can change it to a 110volt light. Your electricial usage should be the same. if you have a business with a demand meter you would want every thing 220 or 3 phase as your bill would be partially base on start up load. It should not matter on residenital. At least not in WV BTW light preformance will be the same either way. Lineman in WV

[reptilemanmark]

Originally posted by J-Burns
If it has a multi tap ballist you can change it to a 110volt light. Your electricial usage should be the same. if you have a business with a demand meter you would want every thing 220 or 3 phase as your bill would be partially base on start up load. It should not matter on residenital. At least not in WV BTW light preformance will be the same either way. Lineman in WV

Exactly it will use the same energy at 240V as 120 v! It would be easier to be able to plug in and also be able to use on a normal strip timer too. (at 120v)

[azrednex]

I Agree. There are no advantages to 220 lighting in your home.