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Title: How do you wire up a 240v lighting fixture?
Post by: lightingfan8902 on April 02, 2019, 11:38:24 PM

If I get a 240v street light, how do you wire it up (I know its two phases with no neutral)?

Title: Re: How do you wire up a 240v lighting fixture?
Post by: Mike on April 12, 2019, 06:47:47 PM

Get a dryer cord. Black goes to one fixture wire, red goes to the other fixture wire. White is unused unless you have a 240V street light with a 120V PC socket. 240V has no polarity. It doesn't matter which hot goes where. That only matters with three phase.

Title: Re: How do you wire up a 240v lighting fixture?
Post by: Binarix128 on June 22, 2020, 12:12:52 PM

You can basically use the two phases of your house (if you have), or use a step up transformer.

Title: Re: How do you wire up a 240v lighting fixture?
Post by: bulb_tester2009 on April 07, 2022, 07:59:54 PM

However, in China, we can directly connect 240V appliances, although our mains power is 220~230V