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| BobA:
Great going getting it working. Small clarification for those who might follow this thread. The small silver cylinder is the starter. The ballast is the larger metal object. BobA |
| Dougmeister:
A followup question: The fluorescent lighting fixture wires, when stripped, were silver (aluminum?). The old plug cable that I hacked was copper. IIRC, you are not supposed to use "dissimilar" (read: dif't) metals in any electrical connection. Is that true? Electricians will use some sort of paste to prevent oxidation when wiring houses and they run into this. Not sure what I should do, short of replacing the light fixtures. |
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