Wiring question

[Mort]

I am going to attempt overdriving some NO tubes in the near future.

But, my fixture has a starter wired in to it. Should I leave it in or take
it out?

Also, for the switch on the fixture.... Does it matter which line I run
through it?
For example, do I want to break the circuit with the yellow wires or the one
with the blue and red? I dont think it matters but I want to be sure.

One more thing... How can you test a ballast? Will a check for continuity
tell you anything? What about voltage? What should I be getting and where?

TIA!!!

~Mort

[Ron Nelson]

I can answer one question for you. With an Electronic ballast you can remove
the starter and just run the wire from the ballast to the bulb.

And now this is more my experience than an answer...
The switch - Most hoods I have seen have the switch on the line in from the
wall.
My method of testing my ballasts has been to wire it up, make sure that you
wire a ground, put a bulb in, put on my safety glasses, plug it in, and flip
the switch... I'm sure that's not a highly recommended method though... :-)

HTH,
Ron

"Mort" > wrote in message
y.com...
> I am going to attempt overdriving some NO tubes in the near future.
>
> But, my fixture has a starter wired in to it. Should I leave it in or
take
> it out?
>
> Also, for the switch on the fixture.... Does it matter which line I run
> through it?
> For example, do I want to break the circuit with the yellow wires or the
one
> with the blue and red? I dont think it matters but I want to be sure.
>
> One more thing... How can you test a ballast? Will a check for
continuity
> tell you anything? What about voltage? What should I be getting and
where?
>
> TIA!!!
>
> ~Mort
>
>
>

[Mort]

"Ron Nelson" > wrote in message
...
> I can answer one question for you. With an Electronic ballast you can
remove
> the starter and just run the wire from the ballast to the bulb.
>

Sounds good.


> And now this is more my experience than an answer...
> The switch - Most hoods I have seen have the switch on the line in from
the
> wall.

That is not the case here. The switch breaks a line that is going to one
end of the bulb.

> My method of testing my ballasts has been to wire it up, make sure that
you
> wire a ground,

The only ground I have seen was the Neutral for the ballast. Is there
something else that needs to be grounded?


>put a bulb in, put on my safety glasses, plug it in, and flip
> the switch... I'm sure that's not a highly recommended method though...
:-)
>
> HTH,
> Ron
>


Thanks Ron


> "Mort" > wrote in message
> y.com...
> > I am going to attempt overdriving some NO tubes in the near future.
> >
> > But, my fixture has a starter wired in to it. Should I leave it in or
> take
> > it out?
> >
> > Also, for the switch on the fixture.... Does it matter which line I
run
> > through it?
> > For example, do I want to break the circuit with the yellow wires or the
> one
> > with the blue and red? I dont think it matters but I want to be sure.
> >
> > One more thing... How can you test a ballast? Will a check for
> continuity
> > tell you anything? What about voltage? What should I be getting and
> where?
> >
> > TIA!!!
> >
> > ~Mort
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Ron Nelson]

"Mort" > wrote in message
y.com...

> The only ground I have seen was the Neutral for the ballast. Is there
> something else that needs to be grounded?

You should run a wire from the ballast case to the ground pin on a 3 prong
plug-in...

Ron