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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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