ckf Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I am about to re-wire a new electronic ballast for my PC lighting and have a simple? question. My old ballast has 3 wires for the plug, green, red and black. One of the wires was the ground wire and grounded the ballast. The new ballast only has 2 wires, a black and a white but no ground wire. My question is how do I ground this new ballast? Link to comment
jmt Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 The black wire is the ground. Usually when there is a green wire, it is used for an "Earth Ground". Devices with earth grounds will usually interfer with other things (tvs, computers, etc.) that's why they need to be earth grounded. HTH. -Justin Link to comment
ckf Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Is that why with my old ballast when I turn on the lights, the TV gets fuzzy? On the new ballast though, it states to ground it. Is the one wire going to the plug enough or do I need to ground it some other way? Link to comment
jmt Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Just ground it to the ground wire going into the electrical socket. Link to comment
ckf Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Sorry to be a pain in the a** but what do I do with the third wire coming from the plug from the wall? Link to comment
jmt Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 That wire is the "Earth Ground" and it isn't needed. Link to comment
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