I need help

OK I HAVE vho both wired to a ice-cap the power and ground and 0 are all wired from ice cap to a receptical plug in which is then wired to a extention cord. the draw back is it causeing both the artinic and the day time to come on at the same time. how can i rewire it to go to seprate timing and i also have a digital timer that is wired to a plug in. how can i fix this. here are some pics. can i put them on seprate timers. or should i just let the both come on and go off together? i want to do 2 hours(artinic) 10 hours(day/artinic) 2 hours (artinic)

 

RELAYS! 2 Timers, output of the timer to coil side of a 110v relay. Wire the power going to the bulbs through the normally open side of the relay. If you have 2 timers, 2 relays, this should only allow 1 bulb to come on when it's dedicated relay is pulled in. Set one timer (the actinic timer for the desired time setting) then set the other (daylight timer) to it's desired setting. As one timer "clicks" it should energize the coil of one of the new relay's allowing power to flow from the ballast to the bulb. Same with the other. I will try to draw a quick diagram.

 

i have a digital timer that has up to 9 events which another plug is wired to. will that work after the relay?

 

Wiring Diagram

This is very cheesy i know (Paint) but maybe this will help. Don't mind the coloring, that is just to make tracing easier.

 

When 1 timer goes off, it will energize the relay's coil. When that happens, it closes power from one side of the ballast to a wire going to a single bulb. Same with the other but the power is wired to the other bulb.

 

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Did that help you, i know it is a crappy graphic.

 

ok i was just wondering what kind of relay to use. one for like a car or a smoke alarm. anyone have a link?

 

the other thing is that will both light be able to be on at the same time?

 

the other thing is that will both light be able to be on at the same time?