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_ [1] I've used a multi meter to suss out the pins on the twin lamps So, with the lamps upturned, facing upwards and pins going from bottom to top it shows that, Pin 1 is live brown Pin 2 is Blue Neutral Pin 3 is Hot wire Black Pin 4 is Earth _ [2] [very important] The Ballast manual says...

thanks. I'll buy a new ballast in a month or so and give it another go

just looked and there's no blow mark, but before I open it up, just thought I'd let you know that I connected the black lead of my multi meter on Ballast 3 and the red lead on Ballast 14 and hey presto! I got a reading, but unfortunately there was no reading from Ballast points 11,10,9...

yes I connected and wired both A&B tubes. I wondered whether wiring the greens to each other was the right thing to do? Do you think I could do a connectivity test on the ballast by touching Ballast 3or4 with one of the 6 Ballast points on the other end via the multi meter? Is it normal...

Hi there! I got the multi-meter on and it showed the pins from top to bottom, as 1,2,3,4 - looking at the casing upside down, with the bulb pins to the left: Brown wire is 1 (top), Blue is 2, Black is 3 & green is 4. Funnily enough, this is how I originally wired it up, as per locations...

Hi there! I got the multi-meter on and it showed the pins from top to bottom, as 1,2,3,4 - looking at the casing upside down, with the bulb pins to the left: Brown wire is 1 (top), Blue is 2, Black is 3 & green is 4. Funnily enough, this is how I originally wired it up, as per locations...

Hi there! I got the multi-meter on and it showed the pins from top to bottom, as 1,2,3,4 - looking at the casing upside down, with the bulb pins to the left: Brown wire is 1 (top), Blue is 2, Black is 3 & green is 4. Funnily enough, this is how I originally wired it up, as per locations...

Thank you very much for the advice on both occasions. I was just joking and not being sarky with my last 'quote' about 'raw meat' etc. I studied as per your advice and I'm quite sure I understand it now. I bought a digital multimeter from Maplins and then it all made sense when looking at...

Thanks matty - I'm about to have a go at wiring it up now. The Euro game's on in a bit - I figure if I can get my lights to work, then I wont feel so bad if we lose against Sweden later on. That's how desperate I am! I'll keep you posted. Cheers "There is some good out there"

Thankyou very much mattylad - Very interesting reading your response because it makes sense the way you describe the tube and its points. I'll spend tomorrow working on it, after I've been out to buy a new Cable and possibly a multimeter if I can get advice on which ones best to buy etc...

"There is some good out there"