UNV_Rasta
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Hey guys, bare with me. I bought a GE T8 2lamp electronic ballast to replace my T12 magnetic, and just needed some help with the wiring. Here's the diagram:
Q1: How do I connect it to the light switch which has 2 wires coming out from it? In my old setup, one wire from the light switch went to a tube socket and the other was joined to one of the 2 wires that go to the wall.
Q2:the wires that go from my fixture to the wall are both black, so can i just join the white and black wires coming out of the left of the new ballast to either one?
I found some sockets that only had two holes instead of four, and it looks like a shunt socket, but from what i've read, shunt sockets have an 'S' on them, this one doesn't. Here's a pic of how the shunts looks:
I should add that both holes of the socket are on the same side, and when i open it up, the copper leads from the one side where the holes to insert the wires are, are connected to the other side. Q3: Are these indeed shunted sockets, or I shouldn't take the chance and try to find regular sockets which have four holes? Since there is only 1 blue wire for each lamp socket (on the right side) coming out of the ballast, I was thinking my sockets made sense since the copper on both sides are joined, and I would just be able to put it in just like that, instead of having to split the blue wire.
Tried to explain everything as clearly as I can. I'd appreciate any help and be much willing to clarify anything that needs it when I come back home in the next 7 hours or so
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Q1: How do I connect it to the light switch which has 2 wires coming out from it? In my old setup, one wire from the light switch went to a tube socket and the other was joined to one of the 2 wires that go to the wall.
Q2:the wires that go from my fixture to the wall are both black, so can i just join the white and black wires coming out of the left of the new ballast to either one?
I found some sockets that only had two holes instead of four, and it looks like a shunt socket, but from what i've read, shunt sockets have an 'S' on them, this one doesn't. Here's a pic of how the shunts looks:
![coso-lh202-13.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.drivingstrategicsales.com%2Fimages-product%2Fcoso-lh202-13.jpg&hash=b2636f1f2dc36c9f79a9ef7866bdd5f0)
I should add that both holes of the socket are on the same side, and when i open it up, the copper leads from the one side where the holes to insert the wires are, are connected to the other side. Q3: Are these indeed shunted sockets, or I shouldn't take the chance and try to find regular sockets which have four holes? Since there is only 1 blue wire for each lamp socket (on the right side) coming out of the ballast, I was thinking my sockets made sense since the copper on both sides are joined, and I would just be able to put it in just like that, instead of having to split the blue wire.
Tried to explain everything as clearly as I can. I'd appreciate any help and be much willing to clarify anything that needs it when I come back home in the next 7 hours or so