[Jukebox-list] Ballast wiring

[Ron]

Most ballast are for lighting battens and are usually offset in the housing 
thus requiring one longer that the other.
Ron from OZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joey McDonald" <joe400f at shaw.ca>
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Ballast wiring


> Ron,
> I kinda thought it was not polarity sensitive but was puzzled about the 
> different
> wire lengths. The spec sheet also lists 7" and 22" as the wire lead 
> lengths. I though this might have ment something.
>
> Joey McDonald
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Ballast wiring
>
>
>> Joey--
>>  Didja ever hear the Rolling Stones sing "Black is Black" ? Well, they 
>> were telling you that it makes no difference--black is black. As for 
>> "grounding"--don't think of house wiring "neutral", or  white wire, think 
>> in terms usually used around machinery--green wire to "ground", but only 
>> if the whole phono has been designed with "ground circuits", otherwise, 
>> just "forget it",as the original was never "grounded".
>>  The above about "grounding", is my opinion only--others do dis-agree. 
>> Ron Rich
>>
>> Joey McDonald <joe400f at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>  Hello all. The ballast I ordered from Victory Glass arrived. It is an 
>> Advance LC25 ballast that requires a starter.
>> Here is a spec sheet on it with schematic link.
>> http://www.1000bulbs.com/F25T12-Fluorescent-Ballast/28102/
>>
>> I am unclear as to how to wire it. The shematic that came with it shows 
>> the ballast wired in series with one side of the lamp. That I understand. 
>> The ballast has only 2 black wires.
>> One is 7" long and the other is 22" long. The schematic shows a black to 
>> line voltage and the
>> other black to the lamp. The schematic reads black as line and black to 
>> the lamp.
>> The leads are not marked. Just both black. I don't know how to tell what 
>> black goes to line and what black goes to the lamp.
>> Is the length of the wire and indication of line and load?
>>
>> Also, the ballast itself must be grounded. Does this mean one neutral to 
>> the lamp and then also paralled off and secured to the ballast metal 
>> body? I hope I don't sound too confusing.
>>
>> Joey McDonald
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