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Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp
I had to replace the switch on my fluorescent fish tank hood, and
unfortunately, forgot how to wire it back together. It a 4 wire switch (2 Black & 2 Blue) that you push and hold until the bulb fires and release to turn it on. I tried to wire the Blues to the Blues and the Blacks to the Blacks and it seems to work but I have a 4 inch piece of Black wire left over. Anyone have any idea how this thing should be wired? +--------------+ | | --HOT-----------| BALLAST | ----BLUE---+ | --NEUTRAL---| | ----BLACK-----+ +--------------+ +--------------+ --BLUE--------| SWITCH | ----BLUE--- --BLACK---| | ----BLACK----- +--------------+ +----------------+ ----BLUE----- | \ BULB / | ----BLUE------ ----BLACK---- | / \ | ----BLACK---- +----------------+ Thanks Wade |
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Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp
Which wire is left over? Is it connected to something?
wrote in message oups.com... I had to replace the switch on my fluorescent fish tank hood, and unfortunately, forgot how to wire it back together. It a 4 wire switch (2 Black & 2 Blue) that you push and hold until the bulb fires and release to turn it on. I tried to wire the Blues to the Blues and the Blacks to the Blacks and it seems to work but I have a 4 inch piece of Black wire left over. Anyone have any idea how this thing should be wired? +--------------+ | | --HOT-----------| BALLAST | ----BLUE---+ | --NEUTRAL---| | ----BLACK-----+ +--------------+ +--------------+ --BLUE--------| SWITCH | ----BLUE--- --BLACK---| | ----BLACK----- +--------------+ +----------------+ ----BLUE----- | \ BULB / | ----BLUE------ ----BLACK---- | / \ | ----BLACK---- +----------------+ Thanks Wade |
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Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp
try this
http://members.misty.com/don/f-lamp.html#wd0 note that the two blue wires will attach where it says 'Starter or starting switch' "Michael Ware" wrote in message . .. Which wire is left over? Is it connected to something? wrote in message oups.com... I had to replace the switch on my fluorescent fish tank hood, and unfortunately, forgot how to wire it back together. It a 4 wire switch (2 Black & 2 Blue) that you push and hold until the bulb fires and release to turn it on. I tried to wire the Blues to the Blues and the Blacks to the Blacks and it seems to work but I have a 4 inch piece of Black wire left over. Anyone have any idea how this thing should be wired? +--------------+ | | --HOT-----------| BALLAST | ----BLUE---+ | --NEUTRAL---| | ----BLACK-----+ +--------------+ +--------------+ --BLUE--------| SWITCH | ----BLUE--- --BLACK---| | ----BLACK----- +--------------+ +----------------+ ----BLUE----- | \ BULB / | ----BLUE------ ----BLACK---- | / \ | ----BLACK---- +----------------+ Thanks Wade |
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Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp
It's just a piece of black wire 4 inches long not connected to anything.
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Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp
I managed to get it to work like this.
but i still have a 4" piece of black wire that was connected somehow in this mess +-----------+ H---------| Ballast |-----blk--------+ N---------| |-----blk---+ | +-----------+ | | | | +--------------+ | | +--blk-----|- Tube ( |-blk-+ | | +-blu-|- -|-blu-+ | | | +--------------+ | | | | | | | | +--------------+ | | | +-blu| Starter |-blu-+ | +--blk ---| switch |-blk-------+ +--------------+ |
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