er... well... I'm in the process of installing a second flurescent fixture (neon) in the shop and I just realized I've never connected ballasts before... Am I right in ***uming that fluorescent would be wired differently than incandescent? (in parallel -A- instead of in series - B-): Surely somebody can point me in the right direction? I'm in the dark, here... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks WZrick
***uming that you are hooking up the AC portion of the ballast. All the fluorescent lights I have installed, each ballast had it's own power leads. Hot to black and Netural to white. So I would say "A"
I'd go with A. You could also do this by wiring hot(black wire) to the black lead of A and neutral(white) to the white lead of A. The run additional lines from black ballast A to black ballast B and white ballast A to white ballast B. Same thing,really. Make sure you've got the right fuse or breaker in for the size wire you are using-20amp for 12 gauge and 15amp for 14 gauge. Don't forget the green grounding wires,either. Are you running cold weather ballasts? Won't make a difference in wiring but sure makes a difference in light output til your shop warms up. Also if you're in and out of your shop but will be back in less than 2 hours,it's more energy efficicent to leave the lights on than to turn them off and on again.
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