I have a question. I have 2 sets of xlh-tc-p ballast garage lights I installed in my garage. The house came with 2 regular bulbs. First bulb had a ground, 2nd one did not. I disconnect the first bulb and hooked up my florescent lights, boom it worked.
Turned power off and hooked up the 2nd set of florescent lights and grounded it. Turned power on, 2nd set of lights work and the first set doesn't power up all the way.
Turned power off, disconnected the 2nd set, turn power on and still the forst set doesnt power on. Connected the 2nd set without ground it comes on but first set doesnt??
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Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Electrical Wiring. Wiring Multiple Fluorescent Lights. I want to wire two 48" fluorescent lights to a single switch. These are T5 lights suitable for under counter mounting. Email Save Comment Featured Answer. Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Ron Natalie 10 years ago. Like Save. Thanks for the response. I am curious as to why they have to be wired in parallel? Is it because of the ballasts? Related Discussions Fluorescent light terrible installation Q.
If you do not understand any electrical project you better get an electrician. It looks like most people here have a really negative and harsh opinion of fluorescent lighting in home. I am from India, and I feel very differently about fluorescent lights. Back in India, fluorescent lights are the norm. Not only for offices and commercial areas, but for homes as well. Instead, the entire house, including the bedrooms, bathrooms, living area, dining area, kitchen and hallways is lit with long fluorescent tubes which are generally mounted on the wall, or sometimes, the ceiling.
Also, the fluorescent lights have a cool color temperature, around K or so. Warm colors are pretty rare in houses. Anyways, I seem to love white fluorescent tubelights. They make me feel very calm and relaxed, and are the least depressing. When I came to the United States, I found the incandescent lights to be very dull, depressing, and uncomfortable.
I don't understand why Americans hate fluorescent lights so much, while I seem to like them. I guess it just has to do with upbringing. I grew up under K fluorescent tubes, and somehow developed a liking for them. Now I don't feel comfortable without them around. Now that I see the fixture, it appears that the power cord is detachable from the fixture. It appears that the manufacturers are finding better ways to get UL approval for making these more universal now.
The ones I am seeing on the internet right now have a way to hardwire them in the back, through the little round knockouts, and the cord can be removed entirely. This gives you a lot less cord on the bottom of the cabinet. It could even be encased in a short piece of tan wire mold if preferred.
At that point, the receptacle can be removed, and a blank cover put on the junction box. The advantage other than having less inside the cabinet is that if that receptacle is controlled by a light switch somewhere else in the room, you would not be allowed to use a dimmer at that light switch. It is against code to dim a receptacle because you might fry any other appliances that someone might unknowingly plug into it.
It is also against code to hack a UL listed cord assembly like that. However, that doesn't necessarily make it unsafe if the polarity was double checked after they did that, but I'd bet that it isn't even a polarized plug. It might be good to know if the original one was polarized. General-use dimmer switches shall be used only to control permanently installed incandescent luminaires unless listed for the control of other loads and installed accordingly. Multiple vanity sizes Q.
Are they the same size sinks but with different amounts of drawer, or are the vanities the same size and the top one just includes another cabinet? If the main vanities are about the same, I'd put the same mirror and lighting over each, centering on the sinks and letting the cabinet take up the extra width for the top arrangement.
Honestly, they're close enough that even if they're different sizes, I'd try to find framed mirrors that are proportional and go matching anyway, as most people won't directly compare sizes on different walls, so the illusion will carry it off. Unframed mirrors that span the vanities would probably sell even a pretty large size difference. Billl 10 years ago. Thanks to all for the responses! Bill - a special thanks for clearing that up.
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Read times. How many of these 32 watt fluorescent light fixtures are you allowed to safely plug into a standard outlet of a home? Can you plug 8 of these into the same outlet safely?
Is that the correct formula for amps used by the appliance? The circuit behind your outlet is rated at a maximum of either 15 or 20 amps. Aceman said:. Click to expand Joined Feb 21, Messages You can do a bunch on a circuit but check into what your 69 cent switches are rated for capacity.
It's also cool to have a couple switches to "stagger" the startup and just have more control over things. Ferrino Well-known member. Can I please ask which fixtures you went for? I'm in the same position of adding T8 lighting to my garage Falcon67 Well-known member. One 20A light run has 8 fixtures T8 4 bulb and the other has 5, so the wires are loafin'. Falcon67 said:.
What do you mean "rated for a 20A circuit". It's a 12 gauge wire run on a 20A breaker, the lights don't care. Must be a Canadian thing. You can put a 7 watt Christmas light on a 20A circuit if you want.
The 20A is just the circuit capacity maximum. Wire size is specified for certain max capacity of a circuit. Rules require that lighting circuits only be loaded to a certain percentage of the capability of the circuit as noted above.
The actual current draw or load on the circuit is determined by the sum of the connected devices and not by the size of the breaker or wire size installed. If I was looking for a circuit rating, it would be some minimum requirement specified by the manufacturer or just the voltage requirement - V or V. Reviewing the spec sheet shows that the ballasts are rated for use on V power. Last edited: Oct 11,
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