Recent content by mpost

I got the lights working last night. I went through all the connections again and found a bad neutral wire connection at the first junction box. Newbie mistake! From the outside it looked secure until I really started pulling on the wires. I redid a few of the connections and re-taped...

Thanks for the heads up. I was thinking the ballasts would be ruled out since they are brand new, but now I won't assume they are good.

Thanks for the reply. You are correct that I did not trip the breaker, so that seems fine. I will check all the tombstones and ballasts. It seems weird that something like that would happen to both fixtures and all 4 bulbs, but I will check. I will try your suggestions tonight and re-do the...

Hey folks, I installed 4 new fluorescent light fixtures over the weekend and I'm having a problem with them not working. Here's what I have: I started out with 2 incandescent light fixtures that share a switch on a 15amp circuit. I installed junction boxes and two fluorescent light...