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anyways throught some trial after I have found that only one blew.. the other is defective.
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Steve,
You blew them both I am sorry to say..
Even tho one was not plugged in you sent voltage through it and it could not resist it as it was shut off. You may not have gotten smoke out of it but you have damaged it.. Once again you cannot hook two power supplies in parallel such as this. They are both fried. If you had a gfci you may have saved one. Maybe.
Please please don't hook anything up like this again. If you won't take my word for it, I'll send an electrician your way to explain how bad this could have been.
If you are trying to overdrive your lighting I'd think again. This shows you how fickle electricity is.
As well If you are gong to do anything like this DON'T mount the ballasts to a possible fuel source. Mount them separateley away from the wooden part of the stand. I have done DIY lighting with those ballasts and they get HOT. Hot enough to dry out wood and make it a great source of fire.