Electrical assembly with dual voltage electrical connector between ballast and high intensity discharge lamp fixture
First Claim
1. An electrical assembly, comprising:
- a lamp fixture with a pair of lamp terminals;
a dual voltage ballast electrically coupled to said lamp fixture, said ballast having a high voltage terminal, a low voltage terminal and a lamp wire terminal;
a first connector having first and second opposing ends with a plurality of first electrical terminals, one of said first terminals being electrically connected to a hot conductor of a power cable by a line wire, another of said first terminals being electrically connected to a neutral conductor of a power cable by a common wire and another of said first terminals being electrically connected to one of said lamp terminals of said lamp fixture by a first lamp wire; and
a second connector having a main body with first and second opposing faces with a plurality of second electrical terminals, one of said second terminals being electrically connected to said low voltage terminal of said ballast by a low input voltage wire, another of said second terminals being electrically connected to said high voltage terminal of said ballast by a high input voltage wire and another of said second terminals being electrically connected to said lamp wire terminal of said ballast by a second lamp wire,said first and second connectors adapted to be positioned in first and second orientations, said second terminal with said low input voltage wire being electrically coupled to said first terminal with said line wire when said first and second connectors are in said first orientation, and said second terminal with said high input voltage wire being electrically coupled to said first terminal with said line wire when said first and second connectors are in said second orientation, said first and second connectors being rotatable relative to one another through 180°
to move between said first and second orientations.
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Abstract
An electrical assembly for selectively supplying either 120 volts or 227 volts from a junction box to a high intensity discharge lamp fixture via a dual voltage ballast and a dual voltage electrical connector. The dual voltage electrical connector has dual operation capacity with input voltages of either 120 or 277 volts. The connector comprises a female connector having nine bores extending therethrough with female terminals fixedly coupled within four of the bores, and a male connector having nine bores extending therethrough with contact pins extending outwardly from four of these bores. When the connectors are coupled together in their first orientation, the male contact pin which conducts 120 volts of electricity engages the female terminal connected to a line wire. When the male and female connectors are manually rotated 180° relative to one another into their second orientation, a different pin, which conducts 277 volts, engages the line wire terminal. A latching device is fixedly coupled to the two connectors for releasably coupling the two connectors together.
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12 Claims
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1. An electrical assembly, comprising:
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a lamp fixture with a pair of lamp terminals; a dual voltage ballast electrically coupled to said lamp fixture, said ballast having a high voltage terminal, a low voltage terminal and a lamp wire terminal; a first connector having first and second opposing ends with a plurality of first electrical terminals, one of said first terminals being electrically connected to a hot conductor of a power cable by a line wire, another of said first terminals being electrically connected to a neutral conductor of a power cable by a common wire and another of said first terminals being electrically connected to one of said lamp terminals of said lamp fixture by a first lamp wire; and a second connector having a main body with first and second opposing faces with a plurality of second electrical terminals, one of said second terminals being electrically connected to said low voltage terminal of said ballast by a low input voltage wire, another of said second terminals being electrically connected to said high voltage terminal of said ballast by a high input voltage wire and another of said second terminals being electrically connected to said lamp wire terminal of said ballast by a second lamp wire, said first and second connectors adapted to be positioned in first and second orientations, said second terminal with said low input voltage wire being electrically coupled to said first terminal with said line wire when said first and second connectors are in said first orientation, and said second terminal with said high input voltage wire being electrically coupled to said first terminal with said line wire when said first and second connectors are in said second orientation, said first and second connectors being rotatable relative to one another through 180°
to move between said first and second orientations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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