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Replacing ballast in old light fitting - advice from those that know please sought!

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Hi everyone

Wow, it's been some time since I was here.... it's all changed! I've not been doing a huge amount of electrical work of late, although now. have a conundrum which I can't seem find out the answer to.. so of course I though of you all. Fingers crossed.


I have a client who is VERY attached to an old light fitting. Its a fluorescent. Having replaced both tubes and starters, its still not working (there is power) so I'm thinking to change the ballast. However, all the replacements seem to be HF which don't require starters. Would it work with the starters? Or would I have to rewire the light to by pass them?


No lighting supplier has proved helpful in answering my query but hopefully someone here can help me out.

many thanks

BB



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  • BrucieBonus:

    I was assuming that I could just cut and join together the wires that go 'into' the starter sockets so bypassing them...and yes good idea to allow extra faffing around/swearing time when the cables are too short!

    Cheers

    BB




    It's very accommodating and aesthetic to retain the look, but what about dollars and sense? Who's paying and who can afford the time? .......... is the bottom line!.


    Jaymack

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  • BrucieBonus:

    I was assuming that I could just cut and join together the wires that go 'into' the starter sockets so bypassing them...and yes good idea to allow extra faffing around/swearing time when the cables are too short!

    Cheers

    BB




    It's very accommodating and aesthetic to retain the look, but what about dollars and sense? Who's paying and who can afford the time? .......... is the bottom line!.


    Jaymack

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