120 Volt Ballast Wiring

Watch in 1080 hd by selecting full screen double click video and click the gear. 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. They dont have yellow wires which.

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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. Commercial cfls use a separate ballast. The 347 volts comes from a 600 volt three phase four wire y system. Ballasts have a wiring diagram to show how they connect to the lampholders.

For use with other line voltages remove wire nut splicing the black lead from the supply lead and the 277v lead from the ballast. You can change the ballast out to a 120 volt and rewire the. A ballast with a 347 volt input is a commercial ballast. 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.

Some are rated for only 120 volts others for only 277 volts used in commercial environments. How to replace ballast when wires do not match what you had. Doubt an inspector would know the internal circuit of all electronic ballasts so likely would not ok that approach. A 120 277 electronic ballast requires one hot wire and a neutral from either a 110v or 277v supply.

One of the charter products of the nema premium ballast program. If you supply it with two hot wires from a 208 v supply it will instantly burn up. Alternatively if the fixture is 277 volts connect the blue wire to the yellow wires. New electronic ballast use red wires for common rather than yellow.

Wiring diagram how to bypass ballast for led tube. Cap off 277v lead. Cfls for the home have a built in ballast at the base of the bulb. So no problem using that type ballast on 240 v split 120120 line.

Newer fluorescent ballasts are usually rated for both 120 volts and 277 volts. 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.

Before installation make certain supply and ballast voltages are compatible. Fluorescent lamps use a ballast which transforms line voltage to a voltage to start up and operate the lamps. Connect one of the blue wires from the ballast to the black wires from the lamp holders of a 120 volt fixture.