Thread: Letting the smoke out DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING!
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Old 02-24-2002, 07:56 PM
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Default Letting the smoke out DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING!
of what the smoke? LOL no I didn't it was a tiny puff gone as fast as it came (I was fast on the power button [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] ) I have dissasembled it all now as I have to take the ballast back in now and get new ones.. I am thinking mabe a workhorse 7 powering three 30 watt bulbs in series.. I did take a picture of the wiring mess from hell durring the hookups.


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so what did I learn from this... well the problem is in the grounds (yellow wires) I guess that power back feeding throught the grounds smokes electronic ballasts if the ballast isn't on. if they are both on it prevents them from lighting for some reason. Oh well it was fun [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Steve

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