Connecting wires upto light fitting (picture added) Edited*

morphe · 18 Mar 2004

Hi

I have a circular fluorescent tube in the bathroom, I have changed the starter and the tube, and it still flickers, so I went to TLC and and they recommended me a choke, something like this.

The guy in TLC thinks that the one he is ordering will not have the connections for the existing connector, so I am going to cut the connector off and have bare wires.

There will be 2 wires, 1 for the tube and 1 for the electrics, can you tell me which wire will go in which part of the new fitting.

Collecting choke tommorow, not sure if it will be exactly the same as in the image.

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ban-all-sheds · 18 Mar 2004

Err - the replacement ballast you have ordered has 2 connections. 1 is labelled L, the other is labelled Lamp, and there is also a handy little diagram on it.

If you really can't follow that, then you should probably be replacing your entire light, not trying to fix it.....

morphe · 18 Mar 2004

ban-all-sheds said:
Err - the replacement ballast you have ordered has 2 connections. 1 is labelled L, the other is labelled Lamp, and there is also a handy little diagram on it.

If you really can't follow that, then you should probably be replacing your entire light, not trying to fix it.....

Erm, Im not sure if that is the exact one he has ordered.
And I am checking on here, just to be on the safe side, nothing better than peace of mind.

BR · 18 Mar 2004

Now this is what I call a mess! But well done for including a photo!

morphe · 18 Mar 2004

BR said:
Now this is what I call a mess! But well done for including a photo!

explain, mess

Im asking for help, not to be poked fun at.

ban-all-sheds · 18 Mar 2004

That manky looking connector on the left - does it plug onto the ballast, or screw onto something? Just wondering why there is a wire coming out of one terminal but not the other....

morphe · 18 Mar 2004

ban-all-sheds said:
That manky looking connector on the left - does it plug onto the ballast, or screw onto something? Just wondering why there is a wire coming out of one terminal but not the other....

It plugs in, when I seperated it from the ballast, one piece was left in there, Im not planning to use the connector, Im going to cut the wires, and hopefully connect the wires into the new ballast.

ban-all-sheds · 18 Mar 2004

Should be straightforward, if the wires are long enough and you can fit the new ballast inside the body of the light.

ban-all-sheds · 28 Mar 2004

Did you get it working?

Big_Spark · 28 Mar 2004

I hate to say this, but the "connector" that you took from the old ballast is not supposed to be removed from it...that is why one piece broke off.

If you look at it closely, you will see one cable from the Live connector going into the ballast, that needs to be connected to the live in the new unit, whether it is labeled Live or 1.

The second white cable links to the starter, this needs to go into terminal 2 of the new ballast

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