Help with wiring old fish tank fluorescent lamp

Jan 23, 2006 4 Replies
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I had to replace the switch on my fluorescent fish tank hood, and unfortunately, forgot how to wire it back together. It a 4 wire switch (2 Black & 2 Blue) that you push and hold until the bulb fires and release to turn it on. I tried to wire the Blues to the Blues and the Blacks to the Blacks and it seems to work but I have a 4 inch piece of Black wire left over. Anyone have any idea how this thing should be wired?


+--------------+ | | --HOT-----------| BALLAST | ----BLUE---+ | --NEUTRAL---| | ----BLACK-----+ +--------------+
+--------------+ --BLUE--------| SWITCH | ----BLUE--- --BLACK---| | ----BLACK----- +--------------+
+----------------+ ----BLUE----- | \ BULB / | ----BLUE------ ----BLACK---- | / \ | ----BLACK---- +----------------+

Thanks Wade



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Which wire is left over? Is it connected to something?

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M

try this

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note that the two blue wires will attach where it says 'Starter or starting switch'

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S

It's just a piece of black wire 4 inches long not connected to anything.

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I managed to get it to work like this.

but i still have a 4" piece of black wire that was connected somehow in this mess

+-----------+ H---------| Ballast |-----blk--------+ N---------| |-----blk---+ | +-----------+ | | | | +--------------+ | | +--blk-----|- Tube ( |-blk-+ | | +-blu-|- -|-blu-+ | | | +--------------+ | | | | | | | | +--------------+ | | | +-blu| Starter |-blu-+ | +--blk ---| switch |-blk-------+ +--------------+
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