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General Category => Shade Tree => Topic started by: butt on June 12, 2014, 09:39:54 AM

Title: Changing Flourescent Ballast
Post by: butt on June 12, 2014, 09:39:54 AM

Updating the kitchen light to accept the T8 lights. Ordered new ballast seen here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121193376876?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/121193376876?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649)

I opened up the light in the kitchen and am confused. The old ballast has more wires than the new one. Not sure how to complete upgrade.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_9690_zps860e355e.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/campfire2/media/IMG_9690_zps860e355e.jpg.html)

On the two yellow wires going to the left, that is just two yellows. No black wires, that is shadow from camera flash.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_9691_zpsf02db5ed.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/campfire2/media/IMG_9691_zpsf02db5ed.jpg.html)

new one:

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i280/campfire2/IMG_9692_zps04169a38.jpg) (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/campfire2/media/IMG_9692_zps04169a38.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Changing Flourescent Ballast
Post by: butt on June 12, 2014, 11:18:04 AM

Youtube to the rescue:

BALLAST REPLACEMENT PROJECT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Krd1zpeN2A#ws)

Title: Re: Changing Flourescent Ballast
Post by: Stoik on June 12, 2014, 04:29:09 PM

And it's good to know you're still alive after playing with electricity. We all know what happened the last time you played with a desk... ;)