Thread: Electrician question: grounding a ballast for retrofit light installation
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Old 06-12-2009, 05:43 AM
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Most Flourescent ballasts are not grounded. The lamp shade/fixture is grounded, but the ballast itself is not bonded. Not totally sure why. On regular fourescent fixtures, the ballast is held in with a nut. Maybe this qualifies as a ground to CSA? I dunno. But never have to ground the ballast for code or anything. Just make sure the fixture is grounded and you will be safe
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