benplumber
Jul 20, 2008, 12:07 PM
Okay, I'm not an electrician but I thought I could do general stuff pretty well. I have a two bulb fluorescent light in the kitchen. I tried today to replace it and purchased a 4 light fluorescent. When I took the two light down, there was a two ground wires, two black, two white & two pink. The two ground were together, one black was attached to the black line coming off the ballast, one white was attached to the white line coming off the balast. The remaining white wire was together with the remaining black line. The two pink wires were connected together.
When I installed the new light and did not change a thing. I connected the ground to the unit (green screw) however there was no ground wire coming from the ballast (there was not one on the original though either)? I connected the white wire to the white wire, black wire to black wire etc etc. No light. I thought with my limited experience that the white & black wire together should be connected to the respective color to complete the four light system and nothing again. Ideas anyone? What the heck is this pink wire??
When I installed the new light and did not change a thing. I connected the ground to the unit (green screw) however there was no ground wire coming from the ballast (there was not one on the original though either)? I connected the white wire to the white wire, black wire to black wire etc etc. No light. I thought with my limited experience that the white & black wire together should be connected to the respective color to complete the four light system and nothing again. Ideas anyone? What the heck is this pink wire??