How to install flourescent light ballast

[Lionel1fan]

I'm 10 years old and I can hook up a 2 lamp 4 ft T-8 light and a 4 lamp 4 ft T-8 light and a

4 lamp 4ft T-12 light and a 4 lamp 4ft T-12.

[Jaguarflank]

Thanks for the video man, my family thinks I know how to do everything now thanks to you.

[rsilvashy]

Thank You! Perfect for what I needed installing the T8 and removing old T12s. I'm not handyman but your vid helped me get the job done first try! -R

[4micaman]

Much better tutorial than the one I watched before this from "EHOW" - Why I still watch that outfits videos is beyond me. Thanks Ryan.

[dossen2620]

I have a fixture that only has a small glow in the corner of one bulb. New bulbs. Do you think that sounds like the starter or the ballast?

[cloudcally]

light i mean

[cloudcally]

I actually took a ballast apart because I didnt know what it was then read the label thanks for the help. I had to change a ballast in an aquarium tank

[imaginenoreligion]

Thanks for posting such a useful video. I'm finally going to get some light in my garage now. Replacing the fluorescent bulbs tells me that it wasn't the bulbs...

Now I know.

[ryanb788]

@imaginenoreligion Glad it helped you. You might want to consider going with a T8 ballast and lamps (T8's are the skinny ones) They come in different brightnesses as well. I think its 6500K they sell at home depot that are pretty damn bright.

[stanlymanly2]

Hey can you show me how to hook up a circular flourescent light to the wall outlet?

[156shilpi]

I found this video to be most informative about replacing ballast, after watching several videos on youtube. Thanks so much for sharing the video !!

[ryanb788]

@156shilpi Thank you. I am glad it helped you. I am going to try to do some more "how to" videos in the future. Take care.

[lGaming]

he man

[suzukir122]

Oh yeah, all together, I have 11 wires to disconnect and reconnect, which I assume includes the ground wire...

[suzukir122]

Mine does have the ground screw with it, but there is also a ground wire connected from the ballast with mine... with wire has a small ring that surrounds the grounding screw, and also attached to the ring is the plug ground conductor... should there be a ground wire attached to the new ballast? Or do I not have to worry about the ground wire at all?

[suzukir122]

What if your fixture has mainly red and yellow wires, but your ballast has red and blue wires? Does that mean that the ballast can't be installed? Or do you simply have to attach the blue wires with the yellow wires? And what if your fixture has a ground wire? Do you have to attach that to the new ballast too? I don't want to make a mistake and hurt myself. lol

[ryanb788]

If the ballast going into the fixture for example is a 2 lamp ballast it has to be replaced with a 2 lamp ballast. The new ballast should have a wiring diagram on it. One side of the ballast either red or blue is the common side and the others go to each individual lamp. The ground does not hook directly to the ballast but only to the fixture. There should be a green screw with a gnd symbol stamped on the fixture. Hope this helps

[lGaming]

Davids Farm good  and you man

[ryanb788]

Thank you that means alot to me. Have a great weekend!

[iamtwisted1]

I never heard them called WIRE NUTS, the term I know here in Canada is a MARRETTE. Not that it makes any difference cause it's the same darn thing, but now I know what a WIRE NUT is too. :-)

Another great vid.  Thx

[ryanb788]

cool well I guess we both learned something!

[lGaming]

Thanks to you man