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02-01-2004, 10:16 PM
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Help getting a light going - I SEE THE LIGHT
Success! Not really sure what fixed it.
I redid some of the solderless connections, seperated the com wires as per a great "Ballast for dummies" site I found, and switched the terminals on the cap. Funny thing is I didn't think any of those would do the trick, but who cares. It works real nice. Thanks to all who took the time to help. (PegLegAlexK) Date: 12/30/2003 5:13 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: I'm trying to get a light going for my son. Its my first attempt at wiring a ballast. I must be doing something wrong. Picked up a ballast on ebay, 250 mh advance. wiring diagram HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal2.jpg/ how I wired it HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal1.jpg/ Nothing happens. Bulb does not light (tried 2 different new bulbs). I have the ballast plugged into a kill-a-watt meter. NO watts being used. OK, I'm stuck. Any ideas. How do I debug this? I have a cheap multimeter but not a lot of exp using it. Can anybody tell me how to discharge a capacitor? Thanks |
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03-01-2004, 04:33 AM
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Help getting a light going - I SEE THE LIGHT
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants:77663
What we in the communications world call "FM" when a problem seems to fix itself! "PegLegAlexK" wrote in message ... Success! Not really sure what fixed it. I redid some of the solderless connections, seperated the com wires as per a great "Ballast for dummies" site I found, and switched the terminals on the cap. Funny thing is I didn't think any of those would do the trick, but who cares. It works real nice. Thanks to all who took the time to help. (PegLegAlexK) Date: 12/30/2003 5:13 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: I'm trying to get a light going for my son. Its my first attempt at wiring a ballast. I must be doing something wrong. Picked up a ballast on ebay, 250 mh advance. wiring diagram HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal2.jpg/ how I wired it HTTP://members.aol.com/peglegalexk/bal1.jpg/ Nothing happens. Bulb does not light (tried 2 different new bulbs). I have the ballast plugged into a kill-a-watt meter. NO watts being used. OK, I'm stuck. Any ideas. How do I debug this? I have a cheap multimeter but not a lot of exp using it. Can anybody tell me how to discharge a capacitor? Thanks |
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