Hide-Away stobe questions.

crazyboy · Post by **crazyboy** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:56 pm

Ok, I heard that you should only ground the one wire in the strobe wires at one end. Is this true? Should I ground it at the power supply end? What is everyones recommendation on hole saw types? Also, should I put silicone over the tubes once they are in? And an unrelated question what ga maine feed wire do you usually end up running for your installs? I know it needs to be sized for the equipment but I'm just curious.

crazyboy · Post by **crazyboy** » Sat May 20, 2006 4:20 pm

Also, does anyone have a good source of relays? Thanks

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:38 pm

ok, you don't ground ANY of the wires in the strobe wiring, you only ground the shielding fpr the wiring bundle (most are red white & black insulated conductors, and then a single unshielded conductor for the shielding - if the wire your running has it) so that residual static gets grounded. Strobes use all three wires, 1 cathode, 1 anode and 1 trigger wire to make each tube work. Ground any of those and you let the magic smoke out...

crazyboy · Post by **crazyboy** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:11 am

I was referring to the 1 bare wire.

grilling21 · Post by **grilling21** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:38 am

yeah, that one bare wire is the shielding wire, you don't NEED to ground it, however it is not a bad idea to do, as previously stated