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| My 48' flourecent two tube lighting system didnt turn on this morning and i unpluged it and pluged it into different outlets and still nothing. So i took it apart and found a little white ballast box. It dosnt look wet and the wires are all intact. I dont really want to buy new lights right now, i am saving for a really good system, what can i really do? Thanks
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| did you try different bulbs? I know on some, if not all fixtures that if the fist bulb goes bad neither will light.
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| Also check the starters (silver or white canister looking things) as they can go bad also. On a flo. fixture it will be one of three things usually: The bulbs, the ballast or the starters. Occasionally the end caps go bad, but that is usually fairly obvious when they go. HTH,
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| i dont seem to have those little canister things i took the case off and i cant find them just wires and the ballast. I also tried changing blubs, nothing. I havent heard of ballast blowing
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Ballast blow out all the time, unfortunately it is fairly common but they are replaceable. Write down any information you find on the ballast and go to Home Depot (usually fairly inexpensive). In their lighting section they will have replacement ballasts. Then it is just a matter of cutting some wires and swapping in the new ballast (wire nuts, electrical tape).
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I'd bypass the switch as they are very susceptible to failure. With the fixture unplugged. Find where the plug wire is wire nutted to the switch wire, unwire. On the other side of the switch there should be the ballast wire(s), unwire them. Connect the plug wire to the ballast wire(s). Do not disconnect the plug wire(s) that do not go to the switch. Plug the light into a working GFI plug and see if it comes on. Most two bulb fixtures have two ballasts, with one switch controlling both ballasts and bulbs.
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