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  1. timhoward

    Ballast for low pressure sodium street light bulbs

    I have a customer that had an older street light with a 30W Phillips Sox bulb in in. It's an absolute pain to get to as it's mounted on a building very high with obstacles preventing easy ladder access and steps / ramps at ground level all around it. When it stopped working I offered a new LED...
  2. roryob44

    T12 ballast help single lamp

    My 4’ old ballast burnt out its and old 70 one weighing a ton anyways I purchased a new t12 ballast but this one has 2 red 2 blue and 2 yellow old on didn’t have yellow will this work I was told to cap the yellow and run the red and blue the way they were in old ballast connect power and be all...
  3. F

    wiring 2 ballast, 2 way switch fluorescent fixture for LEDs not working

    I’ve got bad ballasts and am replacing the T12 fluorescent bulbs with Halco direct wire, double ended T8 LEDs. The fixture has 4Rapid start bulbs, 2 rapid ballasts and a 2 way switch. The ballasts were wired exactly like the “before” picture here. (Rapid Start Ballast Lampholder Wiring 2 and 4...
  4. Stinger

    Ceiling lighting malfunction

    Hello, I am new to this forum and not an electrician. I am an Electrical Engineer though. I have this kind of a ceiling lighting - https://www.cnmdled.com/data/watermark/20200525/5ecb8360db86c.jpg with two fluorescent tube bulbs, two starters, one capacitor and two EM ballasts of this type -...
  5. R

    Electronic Ballast Life

    Hi: I am the custodian at Peru Public Library, Peru IL. About 20 years ago, I installed about 150 new General Electric brand electronic ballasts and new 48" T8 size fluorescent lamps. This replaced magnetic ballasts and T12 size bulbs. We received a grant to cover the cost as the conversion...
  6. J

    G24 replacement and ballast query

    Hi guys Moved into a new place this year and have a g24 4 pin light fitting in the storage cupboard. Light recently went and I've tried two new bulbs but just get a flicker. Seems there should be a ballast to replace but I can't find one and assume this is part of the overall compact fitting...
  7. G

    18W electronic ballast for a LED lamp

    Hello gents I'm just after some clarification, I have a kitchen light fitting that uses a 2D 28W compact fluoresent lamp that I'd like to convert to a LED 2D lamp that I've bought because I thought it would work with the existing control gear. I realise now that I have a magnetic rather...
  8. HappyHippyDad

    Do I replace the ballast?

    I have narrowed the fault down to the ballast in this fitting. See picture. I cannot find an identical ballast. Blimey, there must be hundreds! Is there a similar ballast I can use? Bearing in mind the existing cables, both supply and load, are terminated into little blocks that clip in either...
  9. S

    need to remove ballast and wire for LED lights.

    I have a 4-bulb fluorescent light, previously wired for T-12?, now wired for T-8, with a bad ballasts. I think my tombstones are non-shunted. It looks like I can just remove the ballast, direct wire the whites to one side of each of one end's tombstone, and the blacks to the other side of the...
  10. D

    ballast power

    So you can get ballast-compatible LEDs that substitute in cleanly for fluorescents. I see a 4-foot T8 ballast-compatible LED listed as 18W. But you can also get ballast-free LEDs, that connect directly to the a/c. I see a 4-foot T8 ballast-free LED listed as 18W. But doesn't a ballast consume...
  11. A

    Terminal attachments for ballast connections.

    I'm a newbie to electrical DIY. There are some connectors on a ballast that I'm not familiar with. The cable I have is an 18awg 300v with wire cores made up of multiple thread copper. I cannot get the copper into these ports so I need some sort of terminal connector. Does anyone have familiarity...
  12. J

    Replacing fluorescent ballast

    I was replacing a fluorescent ballast for a single four foot T8 fixture. The ballast that I bought on line had very short power leads that would not reach the power lines from the ceiling. I spliced an 8" extension on to each of the black and white wires, using wire nuts. Being that this is...
  13. D

    Request for advice on connecting UV lamps to the ballast.

    Hello, I have a fairly simple question like in the title of the post. How to connect Two 9 watt UV lamps to a ballast probably electronic. I suppose electronic will be the best in my case, due to the built-in starter. I have read various sources of information but did not find my specific case...
  14. T

    Ballast replacement puzzle

    Hello, In a single tube strip light the ballast quit after 30 years of service. The only replacement I could find was for a fixture of two tubes (see attached). It has pairs of yellow, red, and blue wires. Viewing the diagram, it appears either the red or the blue pairs should be used along with...
  15. J

    Broken Fluorescent Ballast - no longer available - options?

    I have a bathroom mirror with 2 x 21W fluorescent T5 tubes and an IR sensor. The tubes switch off after a few minutes. I have changed the tubes and the fault persisted. I checked the output from the IR switch and it was 240V so that leaves the ballast as faulty. The problem is the ballast is...
  16. Z

    Suitable Ballast For Osram G23 HNS S 9 Watt Puritec Germicidal Ultraviolet Lamps

    I am trying to design an emergency prototype opensource air purification unit for use in hospitals. I bought 4 Osram G23 HNS S 9 Watt Puritec Germicidal Ultraviolet Lamps bulbs and bulb holders Vossloh Schwabe 35006 PL 5,7,9,11W G23 TCS 2pin lampholder - bulb and lamps fit, but I can not find a...
  17. S

    How to choose a ballast

    Hello all, I am having a bit of trouble with my flurecent lamps it takes them a while to light up, they have magnetic ballast. Willing to convert for electronic ballast, it's 2 lamps of 36 watt T8 that I have. I attached pictures of the ballast it's like I can't find something like them with...
  18. T

    Changing old wound ballast to electronic

    Hi , i have a t5 24 w tube and the old ballast has gone. The new electronic ballast i have to replace it doesn't need a starter. Do i just join through the cable where the old starter is or is there more to it? Thanks
  19. S

    confused with ballast

    Hi I've got confused with wiring a replacement electronic ballast to a 2D 4 pin 16w lamp (UK). original ballast was fully wired, replacement is not. I thought i understood but have got confused due to someone posting a picture at work, which conflicts with my belief. see ballast photo question...
  20. Y

    Replacing old light ballast

    The lights in my game room started not working recently so i took the cover off to replace the bulbs. Replaced them and realized its actually the 2 ballast causing the problem. I looked on amazon to order replacement ones but i am not seeing any that have the same wiring diagram on them. They...

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