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    Guy Crockett Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 20, 2010, 03:54 PM
    Wiring fluorescent ballast
    Need to change ballast in fluorescent fixture. Old ballast was 4 wire, red, blue black and white - New ballast has 2 reds, 2 blues, 2 yellows, a black and a white. Now what?
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    Mar 20, 2010, 08:56 PM

    Sounds like u got the wrong ballast.

    Chuck
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    Mar 21, 2010, 04:54 AM
    Sounds like you have a 8 foot 2 lamp fixture using Slimline lamps that have a single pin at each end, and a ballast for a 2 lamp 4 foot fixture that uses a two pin lamp.

    Some detail of what you have for lamps and old and new ballasts, such as make and model numbers would be helpful. Otherwise we are just guessing.
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    Mar 21, 2010, 09:19 AM
    Could be a high output 8' ballast. What does the ballast say on it, wattage and bulb type?
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    Mar 22, 2010, 05:49 AM

    Many ballast have a small diagram on the label.
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