Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
(OP)
I have a client of mine complaining that the ballast on their flourescent lights fail too often. The only thing I could come up with is that since the building was wired in the 1930's the ground grid may have corroded thereby rendering it ineffective.
My logic is that if the ground grid is not continous, then a fault current will be conducted through the hot and neutral wires and this could damage the ballasts or any other equipment on the circuit. Is this a plausible explanation?
Has anyone else this experience with ballasts failing prematurely.
You responses will be appreciated
My logic is that if the ground grid is not continous, then a fault current will be conducted through the hot and neutral wires and this could damage the ballasts or any other equipment on the circuit. Is this a plausible explanation?
Has anyone else this experience with ballasts failing prematurely.
You responses will be appreciated






RE: Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
RE: Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
RE: Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
RE: Flourescent lighting fixture ballast premature failure!
There could be other causes, but I've seen so many problems with cheap ballasts that I would focus on those at first. Also, check the obvious - are the correct lamps being used with the ballasts.
If these are electromagnetic ballasts, then you might need to cast a wider net.