120 Volt Ballast Wiring

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120 volt ballast wiring. How to wire ballast 1 this video will show you how to wire a hps and metal halide ballasts and a few extra tips. Before installation make certain supply and ballast voltages are compatible. Cfls for the home have a built in ballast at the base of the bulb. How to replace ballast when wires do not match what you had.

Internally there is a 3a fuse on the black wire so to be 100 safe if you put a 3a fuse on the white wire and paint it black it is a 100 symetrical circuit. Fluorescent lamps use a ballast which transforms line voltage to a voltage to start up and operate the lamps. New electronic ballast use red wires for common rather than yellow. Alternatively if the fixture is 277 volts connect the blue wire to the yellow wires.

Of lamps input volts philips advance model lamp type input power watts ballast factor line current t8 lamps operated f17t8 f25t8 f32t8 f32t8es 25w f32t8es 28w f40t8 1 120 277 iopa 1p32 lw n f32t8 25 077 022 010 f32t8es 28w 22 077 019 008 1 1 1 1 1. If you supply it with two hot wires from a 208 v supply it will instantly burn up. Its purpose is to show you step by step how to convert your current 4 foot t8 or t12 fluorescent tube light fixture to use the starled ballast. Compact fluorescent ballast wiring diagrams 1 1 lamp 2 2 lamp quad volt ballasts are factory wired for 277v input.

Cut back additional wiring on opposite side of ballast as the led tube lamp only requires power at one end. Wiring diagram how to bypass ballast for led tube. Connect one of the blue wires from the ballast to the black wires from the lamp holders of a 120 volt fixture. For use with other line voltages remove wire nut splicing the black lead from the supply lead and the 277v lead from the ballast.

Doubt an inspector would know the internal circuit of all electronic ballasts so likely would not ok that approach. Watch in 1080 hd by selecting full screen double click video and click the gear. Some are rated for only 120 volts others for only 277 volts used in commercial environments. Commercial cfls use a separate ballast.

The 347 volts comes from a 600 volt three phase four wire y system. You can change the ballast out to a 120 volt and rewire the. Newer fluorescent ballasts are usually rated for both 120 volts and 277 volts. Cap off 277v lead.

A 120 277 electronic ballast requires one hot wire and a neutral from either a 110v or 277v supply. No yellow wires on new ballast. A ballast with a 347 volt input is a commercial ballast.