On Sep 7, 7:48*am, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On 09/07/11 1:53 AM, wrote:

On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:32:23 -0400,
wrote:

"Run a jumper wire from the outlet ground to the pigtail on the
adapter plug."

You are assuming there's an outlet ground. Bad assumption. :-(

So run a wire from any screw on the florescent fixture to any metallic
electrical conduit or any grounded metal electrical box or all the way
to your breaker box. *A ground is any metal item connected to the
electrical system, not some mysterious thing only on the 3rd prong of
outlets.

I was merely commenting on the suggestion to connect the outlet ground
to the adapter, not on the "mysteries" of an electrical grounding system.

"A ground is any metal item connected to the electrical system..."

Really? You might want to rethink that statement.

Ground required on flourescent lights. Read the ballast, most say
bulb needs to be within 1/2" of a grounded metal fixture. It's part
of the start up.