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Old 03-31-2005, 10:49 PM
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Has anyone got schematics for wiring these? Im not sure which side of the endcaps the wires go.
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Old 04-01-2005, 02:11 AM
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On mine I split the wires into 2 to one wire goes to each pin on the bulb. Hearing stories from stircrazy, this way seems to be safer for the endcaps and bulbs.
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Old 04-01-2005, 02:57 AM
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Did you split the wire and splice a hot wire with a cold wire on each pin?
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Did you split the wire and splice a hot wire with a cold wire on each pin?
what kinda endcaps are you wiring? as for what kind of bulb?

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48" NO T-12's simple to do , Im just completely electricly inept, and no one in town want to do it.
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what kinda of endcaps though? are they the icecap ones or different?

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Thanks for the input, I figured it out.
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