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GIVE THAT MAN A BANANA! Works a treat thanks for the help. Main confusion was the original ballast had one wire less than this new one.

Hi, yes thanks. I just examined the inside of the case. As far as it looks, there is a single wire going from the top of one tube to the other tube. So this wire would get cut, a piece of block terminal added and wire 21 inserted also. Would that sound about right? Cheers again for the quick...

Thanks for the reply. Would connecting a wire from 21 to 22 (in the external block terminal) be correct going by the diagram on the case in this pic?

Thanks for all the replies and info. And indeed when a solid core wire is pushed into the round terminal it does grip it. You would think this would have been mentioned on/with the ballast but no. So, all wired up fitted, does it work? NO! There is power going through all wires as it should...

But surely there should be some tool to do this? It's so similar to the way a BT socket is wired. I was originally going to open the caseing and solder wires to the terminals but when it arrived that plan has changed. If it was low voltage I'd happily shove the wire in but when it takes full...

Hi thanks for your reply. Actually looks different to that. Its full title is: Osram Quicktronic QTP2 2x18w T8 Electronic Ballast. Pics of the exact unit now attached.

Hi, got a Osram T8 ballast to install. Could someone please tell me the type of tool used to insert the wires to the terminal and/or a link to one to see it? I thought it was idc type but that doesn't fit. Unbelieveably I cannot find decent inf on the net about the type of tool to use. Thanks...

Well everything is all sorted and working great now! I returned the doorbells and transformer that I bought, that were chime ones that just didn't do what they should have, probably due to the distance but the time and hassle, they had to go back or I would have destroyed them. I bought a...

I had a wireless setup, friedland brand, one plugged into the wall in the house then one of their 200m wireless extenders with strobe in the garage. Then as soon as the batteries drop a little power it doesnt work. If it's put outside the garage on the doormat then its in range. They are...

Again thanks for the quick replies to this conundrum. Presently, its one chime only connected from front doorbell directly to garage with the chime plugged into the 8v ac transformer with no buzzing and no relays. So due to the lack of buzzing that would rule out the cable picking up...

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There's no handy mains socket at the front door.

Hello all. Right the two door chimes are still not working correctly. After I thought they were working more or less the next day the garage chime didnt work, aome sort of intermittant fault so I took it back for replacement and bought an 8v transformer too. The reason for the transformer was...

And with the addition of a relay it works! Wired as shown in John's diagram with the relay. I found some relays in a box of spares but I bought one from Maplins today for the sake of it. Now to add some led's and attempt to get a strobe/flash unit for them or add a small strobe. It's...

Thanks John for the diagram. As it happens, I'll be across from a Maplins tomorrow so I'll buy one of their 6v 10A relays as in the link you sent.

Running a new cable is a no go. That would be major.

So, just tested a single chime with batteries in the garage connected directly to the doorbell. The top chime just sounds, not both and not very loud but before with both chimes connected just the mechanism moved. There's still something to do with the distance between bell signal getting to...

Thanks for the reply, I'll try that tomorrow and post back what happens with just the single chime unit in the garage with batteries in it connected directly to the bell. Forgot to try out today.