Flourescent diagram

[timneeds]

I have an electronic ballast which does not have a starter. what I need is a wiring diagram. The ballast has two connectors . I need to wire it to a linear flourescent lamp with two pins at each end. TIA.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Not enough detail to answer question. What rating is the ballast and tube? Can you take a detailed picture of the ballast and put it on a website somewhere? (Or say what the make/model number is) What country is this ballast from or designed to run in? (some types of control gear and matching tubes exist in some countries but not others).

[timneeds]

It is in the UK. It is a new Tridonic Atco EC 16 A27 240V 50HZ ballast. 16 watt to power a 16 watt straight flourescent lamp with two pins at each end.

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[Andrew Gabriel]

It's a regular switch-start ballast (not electronic). It will need a starter. Circuit is normally printed in the ballast, but here's one:

's a rather low efficiency ballast, which has been illegal to import or manufacture in the EU since 2005.

[timneeds]

Is this the electronic ballast? Tridonic Atco EC18 LC502K. tia

[Andrew Gabriel]

No, it's also a switchstart ballast

's more efficient (EEI = B2) than your earlier one, but it's for different tubes.

[timneeds]

What I need is one to run a linear two pins each end15v lamp. approx 18inches long. I also need one to run a pls lamp of 9v. I wonder if you could guide me . Thanks.

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[Andrew Gabriel]

OK, that's one of the old tube sizes, and becoming rare because it's not an energy saving tube, and has no energy saving replacement. It may become impossible to obtain in a few years. Does it have to be this exact tube? Could you use a 22" tube?

Do you specifically want electronic? (Why?) What is the application which is using the lamps?

[timneeds]

[Gib Bogle]

Any basic recipe book will have it.

[F Murtz]

What is a flourescent? do you make cakes with it?

[geoff]

Yeah - very light ones