Wiring Help Required

[Ste_J]

Just got my new ballast and need to wire it up but to be honest I aint got a clue and dont want to risk getting it wrong.

Anybody able to assist?

It's a double 55W CF ballast and 4 pin 2G11 fitting

Thanks for any advice

 

[Matthew5664]

I would hazard a guess that the three connections on the right are for the feed

~ is positive and the other negative (doesn't matter witch way round)
the other is the earth

then looks like the builbs are connected in series with the current flowing to number 1 (+)to the bulb
then back to 2 witch is linked to 3. The current goes from there to the bulb then to the next bulb then to number 5 witch is linked to 6 Then back through the bulb to 7 (-)

 

[simonbrown403]

Just follow the diagram in the top pic ste the semicircle tings are the tubes with four pins.

Matthew5664 ~ is positive and the other negative (doesn't matter witch way round)
the other is the earth

First tube

1 on ballast = 4 on 1st tube
2 on ballast = 3 on 1st tube
3 on ballast = 2 on 1st tube

Then link 1 on 1st tube to 4 on the second tube

5 on ballast = 3 on 2nd tube
6 on ballast = 2 on 2nd tube
7 on ballast = 1 on 2nd tube

You will need the propper wire which it a single copper strand as the braded stuff wont grab in the fitting properly

Where dind you get the stuff from?

hope it helps

regards

simon

 

[Ste_J]

Cheers Matthew and Simon

Just got home to find the replies after a trip out to variuos places trying to get advice on the wiring for these. In the end I figured it out pretty much how you have advised.

bits came from Here with a total cost of £39 sixty something with next day delivery.


Going to give them a go and see what they are like


Cheers

Ste

 

[Ptarmigan]

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[Ste_J]

bits came from Here

That website says "quality branded lighting control gear and associated components to electrical wholesalers and Original Equipment Manufacturers."

did you do some fancy sweet-talking ! or are you a wholesaler !! or did they not mean to say that ?? !
In other words - are they happy to deal with Joepublic ?

Seemed more than happy to deal direct with me and I aint no Wholesaler! I just dropped them a mail to their sales email addy and got a reply within an hour. They wanted me to fax the order over at first but settled for an email and call to confirm credit card details.

 

[Ptarmigan]

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[Ste_J]

Thanks folks all sorted and up and running

 

[Matthew5664]

nice to hear.
just don't forget to stand back and marvle in your own glory for a while!

 

[Ste_J]

nice to hear.
just don't forget to stand back and marvle in your own glory for a while!

Oh I didn't forget that one! Although a failure to start on the first attempt did put a dampener on things

Just need to tidy the blocks up a bit as they were all I had lying around along with the earth wire that I used for the single core - Thanks for the tip Simon

 

[simonbrown403]

bits came from Here with a total cost of £39 sixty something with next day delivery.

When you say £39 is that just fro the ballast, fittings and wire, how much was it total

 

[Ste_J]

Simon the 39 was just for the ballast and fittings. The only cable that I bought was 10m of 0.5 3 core @ £3.50

I had some mains cable lying around along with the bloc and heat shrink but you only need a tiny bit of mains for the job and a 6 length bloc, if you found some single core for the whole run then you would be laughing.


Rough guess if you had to buy the lot would be £45 - yeah it's more expensive than the interpet but hopefully this unit will not over heat to the point of meltdown

Compare that to the ASL unit [with reflection] and you have quite a save


Tubes go for £16 a throw

 

[Ste_J]

Fitted

 

[littleimp]

I built my own T% lighting hood too. Bought my twin 54w ballast & tube ends from farnell. It was approx half price than the arcadia version but obviously doesn't come in a flash cash but that didn't matter as ballasts are fitted in a pod on top the hood like this.

 

[onemisterchristian]

Built my own as well, actually mine looks a lot like ste's. But the first time i wired it i did things a little wrong and when I flicked the switch 2 of the 4 lights came on super bright and the other two not at all. Then it blew out the power to that entire wall. I rewired it and now I consider myself to be an electrical genius.